17410838, 65C-15.001 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 17410838

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Division:

Family Safety and Preservation Program

Chapter:

CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES

Overview

RULE:

65C-15.001	Definitions
65C-15.002	Licensed Child-Placing Agencies
65C-15.003	Application and Licensing Study
65C-15.004	On-Site Visits and Complaint Investigation
65C-15.005	Disclosure
65C-15.006	Statement of Purpose
65C-15.010	Finances
65C-15.011	Changes in Agency Function or Purpose
65C-15.012	Notification of Critical Injury, Illness or Death
65C-15.013	Right to Privacy
65C-15.014	Office Equipment and Transportation
65C-15.015	Policies and Practices
65C-15.016	Staff Functions and Qualifications
65C-15.017	Personnel (Repealed)
65C-15.018	Staff Development
65C-15.019	Volunteers
65C-15.020	Intake Procedures and Practices for Children in Foster Care and Residential Care (Repealed)
65C-15.021	Services to Families and Children in Foster Care
65C-15.022	Agency Services to Children in Foster Care (Repealed)
65C-15.023	Foster Home Licensing (Repealed)
65C-15.024	Foster Home Studies (Repealed)
65C-15.025	Monitoring and Annual Licensing Study (Repealed)
65C-15.026	Recommendations to Deny an Initial License or Revoke a Family Foster Home License
65C-15.027	The Agency's Responsibilities to Licensed Out-of-Home Caregivers
65C-15.028	Adoption Home Study
65C-15.029	Services to Adoptive and Birth Parents
65C-15.030	Case Records (Repealed)
65C-15.031	Child's Case Records
65C-15.032	Family Case Record
65C-15.033	Family Foster Home Records (Repealed)
65C-15.034	Adoptive Home Records
65C-15.035	Agency Closure
65C-15.036	Intercountry Adoption Services
65C-15.037	Interstate Adoptions

PURPOSE:

Rule Chapter 65C-15, F.A.C., was last amended in May 1998.  The Department intends to amend Chapter 65C-15 to modify regulatory language to comport with current law, policies and procedures related to child-placing agencies that provide case management, adoption and licensing services. These modifications will further allow the Department to amend or repeal language that has been referenced in other administrative code rules and Florida Statutes.

SUBJECT:

Child-Placing Agencies

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

409.175, F.S.

LAW:

409.175, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/13/2016 Vol. 42/72

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

409.175, F.S., 409.175, F.S.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=65C-15.001&PDate=4/13/2016&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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