Kansas Administrative Code

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-312. Online information dissemination system. This regulation shall apply to the department's online information dissemination system for attendant care facilitie…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-800. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Applicant" means a person or persons who have applied for a licens…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-801. License required. (a) An individual shall obtain a license to operate a family foster home if providing 24-hour care to one or more children under 16 years o…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-802. License requirements. Each individual shall meet the following requirements to obtain a license and to maintain a license: (a) Submit a complete application …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-803. Licensing procedure. The granting of a license to any applicant may be refused by the secretary if the applicant is not in compliance with the requirements o…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-804. Terms of license; validity of temporary permit or license; renewal license; amendments; exceptions; withdrawal of application or request to close. (a) Terms …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-805. Background checks. (a) With each initial application, the applicant shall submit documentation for each individual at least 18 years of age or older to reque…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-806. Training. (a) Prelicensure training. Before a license is issued, each applicant shall successfully complete the following: (1) An instructor-led family foste…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-807. Reporting requirements for infectious or contagious disease; positive tuberculin test; critical incidents; abuse and neglect. (a) Reporting infectious or con…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-808. Recordkeeping requirements; confidentiality. Each licensee shall ensure that all records pertaining to the licensure and operation of the family foster home,…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-809. Basic record information; other required record information; departure requirements. (a) Basic record information. Any licensee may accept a child in foster …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-810. Case plan. (a) Each licensee shall be an active participant on the case planning team with each child's child-placing agent, the sponsoring child-placement a…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-811. Caregiver qualifications; supervision. (a) Caregiver qualifications. Each caregiver shall be qualified by the capacity for setting age- or developmentally-ap…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-813. Reasonable and prudent parent standard. (a) Social development. Each licensee shall provide for the growth and development of each child in foster care by pr…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-815. Behavior management practices; prohibited punishment; physical restraint; notification requirements. (a) Behavior management practices. (1) Each licensee sha…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-816. Transportation. Each licensee shall ensure that all of the following requirements are met: (a) If a vehicle used for transportation of a child in foster care…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-817. Nutrition; food handling and storage. (a) Each licensee shall ensure that for each child in foster care, both of the following requirements are met: (1) Each…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-818. Storage and administration of medication. (a) Storage of medication. Each licensee shall ensure that all prescription and nonprescription medication is store…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-819. Health care. (a) Infectious or contagious disease. Each individual residing in the family foster home shall be free from any infectious or contagious disease…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-820. General environmental requirements. Each licensee shall ensure that all of the requirements in this regulation are met. (a) Local requirements. Each family f…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-821. Sleeping arrangements. (a) Each licensee shall ensure that sufficient space for sleeping is provided to accommodate all residents of the family foster home a…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-822. Safety procedures; emergency plan; drills. (a) Each licensee shall make the following preparations for emergencies: (1) Each licensee shall ensure that the f…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-823. Outside premises. Each licensee shall ensure that all of the following requirements are met: (a) General safety. The outside premises of the home shall be fr…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-824. Swimming pools, wading pools, and hot tubs; off-premises swimming and wading activities. (a) General safety on the premises of the family foster home. (1) If…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-825. Animals. (a) Each licensee shall ensure that if any animal is kept on the premises, the pet area is kept clean, with no evidence of flea, tick, or worm infes…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-900. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Administrative program director" means the individual designated b…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-901. License requirements. Each applicant shall meet the following requirements to obtain a license and to maintain a license: (a) If an individual, be at least 2…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-902. Application procedures. (a) Each applicant seeking a license shall submit a complete application on forms provided by the department. The application shall b…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-903. Validity of temporary permit or license; advertising; withdrawal of application or request to close. (a) Validity of temporary permit or license. (1) Each te…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-904. Temporary permit or license. (a) Temporary permit or a license required. A person shall obtain a license to operate a child-placement agency before engaging …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-905. Background checks. (a) With each initial application, documentation shall be submitted for each individual at least 18 years of age or older who will work or…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-906. Administration. (a) Each licensee shall be responsible for the operation of the child-placement agency and shall meet the following requirements: (1) Establi…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-907. Staff qualifications; staff levels; staff training; volunteers. (a) Each licensee shall employ qualified staff. (1) Each individual working or volunteering i…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-908. Case records. (a) Agency records. The child-placement agency shall maintain case records in a manner that is uniform, detailed, well written, and organized. …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-909. Reporting requirements. (a) Statistical reporting. Each licensee shall prepare the following reports: (1) An annual report of the child-placement agency's ac…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-910. Services for children in out-of-home placement. Each licensee that sponsors family foster homes shall ensure that the child-placement agency policies and pro…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-912. Case plans. Each licensee that has responsibility for case planning for children in out-of-home placement or adoptive placements shall develop case planning …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-913. Services for birth families and expectant parents. Each licensee who provides services to birth families and expectant parents shall meet the requirements of…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-914. Sponsorship services for placement families and adoptive families. (a) Provision of reports. Each licensee shall ensure that the following information is mad…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-915. Complaints and concerns regarding foster families and adoptive families. (a) Policies and procedures. Each licensee that sponsors foster placement families o…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-916. Family assessments for foster placement families and adoptive families. Each licensee shall develop and implement policies and procedures for the completion …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-917. Specific services for licensed and child-placement agency-approved family foster homes. Each licensee that sponsors licensed or child-placement agency-approv…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-918. Adoption services. In addition to meeting the requirements of K.A.R. 30-47-914, each licensee who provides adoption services shall ensure that the child-plac…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-919. Health-related requirements. (a) Tobacco use prohibited. Each licensee shall ensure that tobacco products or electronic cigarettes are not used on the premis…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-920. Environmental standards. (a) Location and premises. Each licensee shall ensure that the child-placement agency does not provide overnight care for any child …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-921. Safety. (a) Each licensee shall ensure that the premises are maintained to ensure the safety of children and families receiving services from the child-place…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 47.—Foster Care Licensing 30-47-922. Transportation. Each licensee shall ensure that the requirements of this regulation are met when any foster child receiving services from the child-placement…