30:4C-27.6 Licensure required for resource family parents.

4. a. A person shall not provide resource family care to a child unless the person is licensed by the department pursuant to this act. The license shall be issued to a specific person for a specific residence and shall not be transferable to another person or residence. The resource family parent shall maintain the license on file at the resource family home.

b. A person desiring to provide resource family care to a child shall apply to the department for a license in a manner and form prescribed by the commissioner.

c. A resource family parent applicant or resource family parent shall be of good moral character.

d. A resource family parent applicant or resource family parent, as applicable, shall:

(1) Complete the license application form provided by the department;

(2) Provide written consent for the division to conduct a check of its child abuse records pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.11) and the child abuse records in each state in which the prospective resource family parent has resided in the preceding five years;

(3) Provide written consent from each other adult member of the resource family parent applicant's household for the division to conduct a child abuse record information check on that person, and a child abuse record information check in each state in which that person has resided in the preceding five years; and

(4) Immediately notify the department when a new adult becomes a resident of the resource family parent applicant's or resource family parent's household in order to ensure that the department can conduct a criminal history record background check pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1985, c.396 (C.30:4C-26.8) and the division can conduct a child abuse record information check on the new adult household member.

e. As a condition of securing a license, the applicant shall participate in pre-service training in accordance with standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this act.

f. A resource family parent licensed pursuant to this act shall participate in pre-service and in-service training in accordance with standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this act.

L.2001, c.419, s.4; amended 2004, c.130, s.73; 2007, c.228, s.3.