Alaska Administrative Code

Notes 7 AAC 55.240 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be a…

Notes 7 AAC 55.250 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be a…

Notes 7 AAC 55.260 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; am 6/18/82, Register 82; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comp…

Notes 7 AAC 55.270 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; am 6/18/82, Register 82; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comp…

Notes 7 AAC 55.280 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be a…

Notes 7 AAC 55.290 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be a…

Notes 7 AAC 55.300 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; am 7/1/95, Register 134; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comp…

Notes 7 AAC 55.310 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be a…

Notes 7 AAC 55.320 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be a…

Notes 7 AAC 55.330 Eff. 12/7/80, Register 76; am 7/17/87, Register 103; repealed 3/1/98, Register 145 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More com…

Subject to the appropriation of money and the provisions of AS 47.40.100-47.40.120, the department will purchase certain services for eligible women and will award grants to eligible applicants to provide services for eligible women. Notes 7 AAC 55.610 Eff. 2/7/85, Register 93 Au…

An applicant for a grant under 7 AAC 55.610 - 7 AAC 55.690 shall provide proof to the department that it has all licenses, permits, and license designations that the state, federal, or municipal governments require for providing the services, including licenses required by 7 AAC …

(a) In a grant application, the applicant shall include(1) proof that the applicant has all licenses that are necessary to allow the applicant to provide the service it proposes to provide; (2) a service plan; and (3) a proposed budget. (b) In its service plan the applicant shall…

(a) The department will assist only those pregnant women who meet both the economic need criteria and the social need criteria described in this section. (b) A pregnant woman meets the economic need criteria for assistance if she or her family is presently eligible for Adult Publ…

(a) The department will purchase or provide the following services for pregnant women: (1) transportation to and from a maternity home or a foster home; (2) counseling; (3) adoption assistance; (4) maternity care; (5) foster care; (6) education in parenting skills; and (7) other …

(a) In its discretion, the department will not offer all of the services described in 7 AAC 55.650(a) if it finds that insufficient money was appropriated to provide all services to all eligible women during a fiscal year. (b) If the department finds that insufficient money was a…

In the grant application information that it provides to applicants, the department will describe the kinds of services for which it will award grants, and will designate program standards for grantees. In its discretion, the department will set standards in addition to the stand…

(a) The department maintains an Internet website as required by AS 18.05.032 that provides information relating to pregnancy and pregnancy alternatives, including reproductive options and potential consequences to assist women in making informed reproductive choices. The website …

As used in 7 AAC 55.610 - 7 AAC 55.690 (1) "commissioner" means (A) the commissioner of health, with respect to maternity homes, and with respect to purchases made by the Department of Health; (B) the commissioner of family and community services, with respect to foster homes, an…

(a) The provisions of this chapter apply to child placement agencies licensed or required to be licensed for arranging foster home, residential child care facility, adoptive home, or guardianship placements for a child under AS 47.10.310; or AS 47.32.010(c). To the extent practic…

(a) The department will consider the following persons as included in exemptions from licensure under AS 47.32.030: (1) a person who arranges boarding care and no other type of child placement; (2) a person who provides only foster home, adoptive home, or guardianship studies or …

The department will not issue a license to agencies that are exempt under 7 AAC 56.020(a) (1) and (3). Notes 7 AAC 56.030 Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156; am 7/1/2022, Register 242, July 2022 Authority:AS 44.30.020 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.020 AS 47.32.030 State regulations are updated …

(a) An out of state agency that is exempt from licensure as a child placement agency under 7 AAC 56.020 is not subject to the provisions of this section. (b) An out of state agency that places two or fewer children a year into this state or from this state into another state or c…

(a) Repealed 7/1/2022. (b) The licensing representative will not assess compliance with the requirements of this chapter until the agency's license is renewed, converted from provisional to biennial status, or reviewed, or until an investigation of an allegation of noncompliance …

(a) A self-monitoring report by an facility under 7 AAC 56.080 must be submitted not later than the first anniversary date of the child placement agency's biennial license. (b) The following timeframes apply to review for compliance with AS 47.32 or this chapter or other action b…

(a) If an orientation and pre-service training program is available in the community, the licensing representative may require an applicant for a license to operate an agency under this chapter to attend the program. If the applicant does not complete any required program, the li…

The annual self-monitoring report provides the licensee's assessment of its compliance with the health, safety, staffing, and program requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter. The report must be submitted on a form provided by the department. Notes 7 AAC 56.080 Eff. 1/1/2001, Re…

(a) In an agency that is governed by a board or other body, the board or other body shall (1) determine policy for the operation and management of the agency that meets the requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter and provide for implementation of that policy by an administrator…

(a) To meet general fiscal requirements a child placement agency shall (1) be established and maintained on a sound fiscal basis; the department will consider an agency to meet the requirements of this paragraph if the agency has income adequate to cover its expenses; (2) maintai…

(a) An agency shall designate an administrator who is qualified under 7 AAC 56.200. The administrator may be the same individual who owns or is otherwise legally responsible for operating the agency. An administrator who is qualified under 7 AAC 56.220 may also carry out the duti…

(a) An agency shall adopt personnel policies that are given to employees, contractors, and volunteers at the time they start work with children or clients of the agency. The personnel policies must include, as applicable, (1) personnel qualifications; (2) the job description appl…

(a) When an agency places a child into a facility regulated under AS 47.32 and 7 AAC 50, the responsibility for the child's care becomes a joint responsibility between the agency and the facility. The facility must meet the requirements for the type of facility specified in its l…

(a) An agency shall (1) establish written records necessary to demonstrate compliance with the applicable requirements of this chapter; (2) retain records demonstrating compliance for at least three years from the records creation; and (3) permit a licensing representative to rev…

(a) 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 ag…

(a) The administrator of an agency must be an individual who is at least 21 years of age. (b) An administrator must be of good character and reputation, have an understanding of child placement issues, positive experience with working with individuals of different cultures, and t…

(a) An individual having regular contact with children and clients in an agency must be a responsible individual of reputable character who exercises sound judgment. (b) An individual associated with an agency in a manner described in 7 AAC 10.900(b) is subject to the applicable …

(a) An agency shall employ at least one person who at a minimum meets one of the following qualifications: (1) a bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited college or university and at least two years of supervised child-placing experience; or (2) a bachelor's degree in …

(a) An agency shall ensure level I child placing workers at least meet one of the following qualifications:(1) a bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university; (2) 60 semester hours of college credit or an associate degree in a human service…

(a) An agency with one or more employees or contractors shall ensure that an experienced worker monitors an inexperienced worker until the inexperienced worker is able to safeguard the best interests of children in care, to carry out agency policy, and to comply with state and fe…

(a) An agency with one or more employees, contractors, or regular volunteers shall provide an orientation to each employee, contractor, or regular volunteer. The orientation must include the agency's policies and procedures, including responsibilities of the employee, contractor,…

(a) At the time of or before receiving agency services, an agency shall supply a client with a written statement or pamphlet indicating client and agency rights and responsibilities as specified in (b) of this section. (b) The written statement or pamphlet must (1) describe agenc…

(a) An agency shall ensure children receiving agency services receive the following general rights: (1) a child's legal rights are protected while a child is in foster or residential care and in adoptive or guardianship placement before finalization of the adoption or guardianshi…

(a) Intake information must be gathered and an intake evaluation and decision to place approved by a level II child placing worker before placement or accepting a parent's surrender of the parent's child for adoption. If possible, the licensee shall involve both parents of a chil…

(a) An agency shall encourage a birth mother to identify the father of the child. An agency shall give a father the opportunity to sign a voluntary relinquishment, a waiver of notification of the adoption under AS 25.23.050, a denial of paternity, or otherwise exercise parental r…

(a) The agency shall develop a service plan upon completion of the intake evaluation and before to placement. The service plan must include (1) the services to be provided for each child or sibling, if siblings will be placed into the same placement setting, and the child's famil…

(a) In emergency situations necessitating immediate foster or residential care, the agency shall (1) give first consideration to placing a non-Indian child with an extended family member; (2) in the case of an Indian child, follow the placement preference requirements of 25 U.S.C…

(a) An agency may not place a child in an unlicensed setting if that setting is required to be licensed under AS 47.32. An agency may not place a child in a licensed facility, if the placement would result in the facility being not in compliance with the conditions on the facilit…