Section 7.56.160. Reports.

	(a)  In addition to the notice of changes required by AS 47.35.047, an agency 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 agency;  
		(2) change in the name of the individual operating the agency;  
		(3) change in the name of the agency;  
		(4) change of administrator; or  
		(5) deletion or addition of a type of placement, such as foster home, residential child care facility, adoptive home, or guardianship placements for a child.  
	(b)  An agency shall immediately report the following occurrences to the licensing representative:  
		(1) death of a child in placement with the agency;  
		(2) except for situations described in (c) of this section, serious injury or illness of a child in placement with the agency who requires attention by medical personnel outside of the placement setting;  
		(3) fire or other disaster affecting the agency; and  
		(4) an unplanned change in any item listed in (a) of this section.  
	(c)  With prior approval of the division an agency regularly serving medically-fragile children need not make the report required by (b)(2) of this section.  
	(d)  An agency shall immediately report the following incidents involving a child in state custody under placement with the agency to the child's state placing worker:  
		(1) death of a child in placement with the agency;  
		(2) attempted or threatened suicide by a child in placement with the agency;  
		(3) life-threatening illness or hospitalization of a child in placement with the agency, unless the child is a medically-fragile child; or  
		(4) unapproved absence for more than 10 hours by a child in placement with the agency.  
	(e)  An agency shall report the following to the child's state placing worker no later than the first working day that it is known:  
		(1) pregnancy of a child in placement with the agency;  
		(2) severe distress or depression of a child in placement with the agency;  
		(3) non-emergency medical care requiring consent from the child's parent, in this paragraph, "non-emergency medical care" includes surgery, anesthesia, psychotropic medication, or any drugs prescribed for mental illness or behavioral problems;  
		(4) violation of a condition of probation by a child in placement with the agency, if applicable;  
		(5) allegations of criminal conduct by a child in placement with the agency.  
	(f)  An agency shall immediately report the following incidents involving a child in placement with the agency to the child's parent:  
		(1) death of a child while in placement with the agency;  
		(2) injury or illness of a child in placement with the agency requiring attention by medical personnel outside of the placement setting;  
		(3) medical or dental problems of a child in placement with the agency; and  
		(4) any significant events regarding the child.   

Authorities

44.29.020;47.10.142;47.35.010

Notes

Reference

7 AAC 56.060

Authority

AS 44.29.020 AS 47.10.142 AS 47.35.010 ________________________

History

Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156