Article 1 - Administration of Child Welfare.

Article 1 - Administration of Child Welfare.

§ 43-15-1. Title of article
§ 43-15-3. Powers and duties of Department of Human Services; appeal to Director of Division of Family and Children’s Services for denial of foster care and/or adoption assistance
§ 43-15-5. Administration of child welfare services
§ 43-15-6. Criminal background checks and child abuse registry checks for providers of children’s services in residential setting; authority to exclude certain crimes as disqualifying from providing child care; penalties; administrative immunity
§ 43-15-7. County department authorized to provide protective services; appropriation of funds
§ 43-15-9. Article inapplicable to orphans’ homes, etc
§ 43-15-11. Expenditure of county and municipal moneys for support and maintenance of homeless and destitute children
§ 43-15-13. Foster care placement program; objectives; system of individualized plans and reviews; training program for persons who provide foster care and relative care; placement priorities and goals; changes in placement; notice to families; rights and responsibilities of persons who provide foster care and relative care
§ 43-15-14. Emergency placement of children in home care; performance of federal name-based criminal history records check of all adults residing in placement home
§ 43-15-15. Registry of children in custody of State Department of Public Welfare and public or private agencies
§ 43-15-17. Payments for supportive services; relative care payments
§ 43-15-19. Adoption resource exchange registry
§ 43-15-21. Penalty for releasing confidential information
§ 43-15-23. “Placing Out”; defined
§ 43-15-25. Elected officials as foster parents; payments on behalf of foster child

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