Chapter 388-145. Licensing requirements for group care facilities and services.  


Section 388-145-1300. What is the purpose of this chapter?
Section 388-145-1305. What definitions do I need to know to understand this chapter?
Section 388-145-1310. Am I required to have a license to provide care to children?
Section 388-145-1315. When will the department grant me a license?
Section 388-145-1320. How old do I have to be to apply for a license to provide care to children?
Section 388-145-1325. What is required to apply for a group care facility license?
Section 388-145-1330. How does the department determine my suitability to become a licensed provider?
Section 388-145-1335. What additional steps must I complete prior to licensing?
Section 388-145-1340. How long do I have to complete the licensing application process?
Section 388-145-1345. How long is my license valid?
Section 388-145-1350. Who shall have access to my facility?
Section 388-145-1355. Am I required to comply with local ordinances?
Section 388-145-1360. What children may I serve in my group care program?
Section 388-145-1365. How does the department decide which children will be placed in my care?
Section 388-145-1370. Do I have to admit or retain all children?
Section 388-145-1375. What happens when licensing requirements differ from contract requirements?
Section 388-145-1380. May a group care facility be issued more than one type of license?
Section 388-145-1385. When may I be certified to provide care to children?
Section 388-145-1390. Will you license or continue to license me if I violate licensing regulations?
Section 388-145-1395. Are there exceptions made if I do not meet the licensing regulations?
Section 388-145-1400. Can employees, volunteers and subcontractors be disqualified from having access to the children in my facility?
Section 388-145-1405. What can I do if I disagree with your decision to modify, deny, suspend or revoke my license, or to disqualify my background check?
Section 388-145-1410. How do I appeal the decision of the office of administrative hearings' administrative law judge?
Section 388-145-1415. Can I be issued a probationary license?
Section 388-145-1420. Who must I employ at my facility?
Section 388-145-1425. What are the qualifications of an executive director or administrator?
Section 388-145-1430. What are the requirements of an on-site program manager?
Section 388-145-1435. What if my on-site program manager must be off-site temporarily when youth are present?
Section 388-145-1440. What are the requirements of case management staff?
Section 388-145-1445. What are the qualifications of direct care staff?
Section 388-145-1450. What additional qualifications must the crisis residential center direct care staff have?
Section 388-145-1455. If I have health care staff, what qualifications are required?
Section 388-145-1460. Do I need to employ consultants at my facility?
Section 388-145-1465. What additional supports do I need for my group care facility?
Section 388-145-1470. Can one staff person have different responsibilities?
Section 388-145-1475. What are the requirements for volunteers working directly with children/youth at my facility?
Section 388-145-1480. What are the general ratios of staff to children under care?
Section 388-145-1485. May I have more than one licensed program at my facility?
Section 388-145-1490. What is the preservice training requirement for staff and volunteers having direct care responsibility to children/youth?
Section 388-145-1495. What is the in-service training requirement for staff and volunteers having responsibility to provide care to children/youth?
Section 388-145-1500. What first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training is required?
Section 388-145-1505. What HIV/AIDS and bloodborne pathogens training is required?
Section 388-145-1510. What personnel records must I keep at my facility?
Section 388-145-1515. What are the requirements for information kept in facility shift logs for group care facilities?
Section 388-145-1520. What are the requirements for children's records?
Section 388-145-1525. How long should my facility keep the child records?
Section 388-145-1530. What information can be shared about a child or a child's family?
Section 388-145-1535. What incidents involving children must I report?
Section 388-145-1540. What are my reporting responsibilities when a child is missing from care (except for overnight youth shelters)?
Section 388-145-1545. What are my reporting requirements in my licensed facility serving runaway or homeless youth?
Section 388-145-1550. What changes must I report to my licensor?
Section 388-145-1555. What does the department require for my buildings and property?
Section 388-145-1560. What toilet and bathing facilities are required?
Section 388-145-1565. What is the ratio of persons normally on the premises to bathrooms at my facility?
Section 388-145-1570. What are the requirements for indoor recreation areas?
Section 388-145-1575. What are the requirements for outdoor recreation areas?
Section 388-145-1580. What are your requirements for storing dangerous chemicals or other substances?
Section 388-145-1585. What are the requirements for water, garbage, and sewer?
Section 388-145-1590. How must I keep children safe around bodies of water?
Section 388-145-1595. Are there room requirements for a group care facility?
Section 388-145-1600. What are the general requirements for bedrooms?
Section 388-145-1605. What are the requirements for sharing bedrooms?
Section 388-145-1610. What are the requirements for beds in a facility?
Section 388-145-1615. What are the requirements for laundering and storage of clothing and linen?
Section 388-145-1620. What are the requirements for diapers and diaper changing areas?
Section 388-145-1625. What are the requirements for the use of electronic monitors to monitor children?
Section 388-145-1630. Are time-delay mechanisms allowed on windows and doors?
Section 388-145-1635. What are the requirements for the prevention of the spread of infections and communicable disease?
Section 388-145-1640. Am I required to keep first-aid supplies?
Section 388-145-1645. What are the requirements regarding pets and animals in my facility?
Section 388-145-1650. Are alcoholic beverages, marijuana or illegal drugs allowed on a facility's property?
Section 388-145-1655. Is smoking permitted around children?
Section 388-145-1660. Are guns allowed on a licensed facility's property?
Section 388-145-1665. What are the fire safety requirements for all group residential facilities?
Section 388-145-1670. Do I need a written emergency plan?
Section 388-145-1675. What requirements must be followed for smoke detectors?
Section 388-145-1680. What requirements must be followed for carbon monoxide detectors?
Section 388-145-1685. What are the requirements for fire drills?
Section 388-145-1690. What are the requirements for fire extinguishers?
Section 388-145-1695. Are there different construction and fire safety requirements for facilities that have multiple licenses in the same building?
Section 388-145-1700. What must I include in a child's orientation to my facility?
Section 388-145-1705. How does my agency meet the religious needs of children in care?
Section 388-145-1710. What are the requirements about nondiscrimination?
Section 388-145-1715. Are there additional considerations in service to Native American children?
Section 388-145-1720. Do I need a social summary for children under my care (except for interim facilities)?
Section 388-145-1725. Do I need a treatment plan for children under my care?
Section 388-145-1730. What are the educational and vocational instruction requirements for children placed by the department (except interim facilities)?
Section 388-145-1735. What are the requirements for an activity program?
Section 388-145-1740. Can children in my care receive services through the extended foster care program?
Section 388-145-1745. What are the general well-being requirements for a group care program?
Section 388-145-1750. What are the requirements for supervising children?
Section 388-145-1755. What requirements must I follow when I transport children?
Section 388-145-1760. What are the travel requirements for children in care?
Section 388-145-1765. Can children be assigned work in a facility or work outside the facility?
Section 388-145-1770. Can a child earn allowance while in care?
Section 388-145-1775. What belongings must be provided to a child leaving my facility?
Section 388-145-1780. Do I have responsibility for a child's personal hygiene?
Section 388-145-1785. What are the requirements for privacy for children in out-of-home placements?
Section 388-145-1790. What are the food and meal guideline requirements?
Section 388-145-1795. How often do children need to be provided meals?
Section 388-145-1800. What are the requirements for handling a child's special diet?
Section 388-145-1805. Are there special requirements for serving milk?
Section 388-145-1810. Are there special requirements for infants and young children?
Section 388-145-1815. Are written policies and procedures required describing a facility's discipline methods?
Section 388-145-1820. When may a child be restrained?
Section 388-145-1825. What must I do following an incident that involved using physical restraint?
Section 388-145-1830. Are there requirements for time-out or quiet rooms?
Section 388-145-1835. Am I required to assess a child's need for immediate medical attention?
Section 388-145-1840. When must I get an EPSDT exam for a child?
Section 388-145-1845. What are the requirements for obtaining consent for emergent and routine medical care?
Section 388-145-1850. What requirements are there for the storage of medications?
Section 388-145-1855. What are the general requirements for managing a child's medication?
Section 388-145-1860. How do I manage a child's nonprescription medications?
Section 388-145-1865. Can I give a child nonprescription medications with prescription medications?
Section 388-145-1870. How do I dispose of medications?
Section 388-145-1875. Can I accept medication from a child's parent or guardian?
Section 388-145-1880. When may children take their own medicine?
Section 388-145-1885. What are the immunization regulations?
Section 388-145-1890. What type of crisis residential center (CRC) facilities may be licensed?
Section 388-145-1895. What hours must I be available to receive youth?
Section 388-145-1900. What residents are admitted to a semi-secure CRC?
Section 388-145-1905. What residents are admitted to a secure CRC?
Section 388-145-1910. What are the ratio requirements of staff to youth in crisis residential centers?
Section 388-145-1915. What are the requirements for secure CRCs?
Section 388-145-1920. What are additional physical requirements for secure CRCs?
Section 388-145-1925. May a juvenile detention center operate as a separate secure CRC program?
Section 388-145-1930. What steps must be taken after a youth is admitted into any CRC?
Section 388-145-1935. What additional steps must be taken after a youth is admitted into a secure CRC?
Section 388-145-1940. How long may a youth stay in a CRC?
Section 388-145-1945. What happens when no space exists in a secure CRC?
Section 388-145-1950. How is a youth transferred from one type of CRC to another?
Section 388-145-1955. What intervention services must I provide or arrange for at a CRC?
Section 388-145-1960. What additional record keeping is required for all CRCs?
Section 388-145-1965. What is the purpose of a CRC multidisciplinary team?
Section 388-145-1970. When should I convene a CRC multidisciplinary team?
Section 388-145-1975. How is a CRC multidisciplinary team convened?
Section 388-145-1980. May a parent disband the CRC multidisciplinary team?
Section 388-145-1985. Who is eligible to attend my day treatment program?
Section 388-145-1990. What are the required ratios of staff to children in day treatment centers?
Section 388-145-1995. What consultants must I use for my day treatment program?
Section 388-145-2000. Can my emergency respite center have more than one type of license?
Section 388-145-2005. What are the required ratios of staff to children in an ERC?
Section 388-145-2010. Who are the residents served at my emergency respite center?
Section 388-145-2015. Who may place children at my emergency respite center?
Section 388-145-2020. What information must I obtain before accepting a child for care at my emergency respite center?
Section 388-145-2025. May services I provide at my emergency respite center substitute for other types of care?
Section 388-145-2030. Are there additional bed requirements at my emergency respite center?
Section 388-145-2035. What are the required ratios of staff to children in group homes?
Section 388-145-2040. Who are the residents at my group receiving center?
Section 388-145-2045. What are the required ratios of staff to children in group receiving centers?
Section 388-145-2050. When do I accept placements at my group receiving center?
Section 388-145-2055. What services must I provide at my group receiving center?
Section 388-145-2060. What are the requirements for supervision of children at my group receiving center?
Section 388-145-2065. What services must I provide for medically fragile children?
Section 388-145-2070. What record keeping requirements exist for medically fragile children?
Section 388-145-2075. What are additional food requirements if I care for medically fragile children?
Section 388-145-2080. What age groups may I serve in my overnight youth shelter?
Section 388-145-2085. How are youth admitted to my overnight youth shelter?
Section 388-145-2090. What are the required ratios of staff to children under care in overnight youth shelters?
Section 388-145-2095. What steps must I take when a youth first enters an overnight youth shelter?
Section 388-145-2100. What services must be offered at an overnight youth shelter?
Section 388-145-2105. What are the additional requirements for bedrooms in overnight youth shelters?
Section 388-145-2110. What are additional bedding requirements in my overnight youth shelter?
Section 388-145-2115. Do I need a citizens' board for my overnight youth shelter?
Section 388-145-2120. What services shall be provided to pregnant and parenting youth?
Section 388-145-2125. How are services for pregnant and parenting youth delivered?
Section 388-145-2130. What types of health education must a facility offer to pregnant and parenting mothers?
Section 388-145-2135. How is capacity determined for a facility that provides services to pregnant and parenting youth?
Section 388-145-2140. What are the required ratios of staff to children in pregnant and parenting youth programs and programs providing maternity services?
Section 388-145-2145. What are the facility and room requirements for programs offering services for pregnant and parenting youth?
Section 388-145-2150. What is the purpose of a resource and assessment center (RAC)?
Section 388-145-2155. What must I demonstrate to be licensed for an RAC?
Section 388-145-2160. What is the ratio of direct care staff/volunteers to children at an RAC?
Section 388-145-2165. Who are the residents at my RAC?
Section 388-145-2170. How long can a child stay at an RAC?
Section 388-145-2175. When am I required to be available for services?
Section 388-145-2180. Who may place children at an RAC?
Section 388-145-2185. What services are provided or arranged for at an RAC?
Section 388-145-2190. How many children may be served in my staffed residential home?
Section 388-145-2195. What are the required ratios of staff to children under care in an SRH?
Section 388-145-2200. Who is eligible to manage my staffed residential home?