Section 7.50.140. Reports.

	(a)  In addition to the notice of changes required by AS 47.35.047, a facility shall report the following planned changes to the licensing representative as soon as possible, but not later than 30 days before they are expected to occur:  
		(1) change in the individual operating the facility, including marriage or divorce of a foster parent;  
		(2) change in the name of the individual operating the facility;  
		(3) change in the name of the facility;  
		(4) change of administrator;  
		(5) change in the age or sex of the children served;  
		(6) deletion or addition of a specialization under 7 AAC 50.600 - 7 AAC 50.650;  
		(7) addition of an adult member to the licensee's household for 45 days or longer.  
	(b)  A facility shall immediately report the following occurrences in the facility to the licensing representative:  
		(1) death of a child while in care;  
		(2) except for situations described in (c) of this section, serious injury or illness of a child while in care requiring attention by medical personnel outside of the facility;  
		(3) fire or other disaster affecting the facility;  
		(4) an unplanned change in an item listed in (a) of this section;  
		(5) a planned or emergency absence of a foster parent exceeding 72 hours and confirmation or revision of the plan for supervision of children by a responsible adult during the absence of the foster parent.  
	(c)  With prior approval of the division, a facility regularly serving medically-fragile children need not make the report required by (b)(2) of this section.  
	(d)  A full time care facility shall immediately report the following incidents involving a child in care to the child's placing worker:  
		(1) death of a child in care;  
		(2) attempted or threatened suicide by a child in care;  
		(3) life-threatening illness or hospitalization of a child in care, unless the child is a medically-fragile child;  
		(4) unapproved absence for more than 10 hours by a child in care;   
		(5) the direct admission of a runaway child to a shelter home or to a residential child care facility with a specialization in serving runaway children.  
	(e)  A full time care facility shall report the following to the child's placing worker no later than the first working day that it is known:  
		(1) pregnancy of a child in care;  
		(2) severe distress or depression of a child in care;  
		(3) non-emergency medical care requiring consent from the child's parent; in this paragraph "non-emergency medical care" includes surgery, anesthesia, and the administration of psychotropic medication, or another drug prescribed for mental illness or behavioral problems;  
		(4) violation of a condition of probation by a child in care, if applicable;  
		(5) allegations of criminal conduct by a child in care.  
	(f)  If a child in a full time care facility has no placing worker, the facility shall give the reports required in (d) and (e) of this section to the division.   

Authorities

44.29.020;47.10.142;47.35.010

Notes

Reference

7 AAC 50.025
7 AAC 50.320
7 AAC 53.080

Authority

AS 44.29.020 AS 47.10.142 AS 47.35.010 ________________________

History

Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145; am 1/1/2001, Register 156