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GA Code § 49-5-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-15. Notice as to Child Brought Into State for Placement or Adoption; Bond; Certificate as to Foster Home; Reports

 No person shall bring or send into the state any child for the purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption without first filing notice with the department. He shall file with the department a bond payable to the state for each child he intends to send or bring, approved by the department, in the penal sum of $1,000.00, conditioned that he will not send or bring into the state any child who is incorrigible or unsound in mind or body; that he will remove any such child who becomes a public charge or who, in the opinion of the department, becomes a menace to the community prior to his adoption or becoming of legal age; and that the person with whom the child is placed shall be responsible for his proper care and training. Before any child shall be brought or sent into the state for the purpose of placing him in a foster home, the person so bringing or sending such child shall first notify the department of his intention and shall obtain from the department a certificate stating that such home is, in the opinion of the department, a suitable home for the child. Such notification shall state the name, age, and personal description of the child; the name and address of the person with whom the child is to be placed; and such other information as may be required by the department. The person bringing or sending such child into the state shall report at least once each year and at such other times as the department shall direct as to the location and well-being of the child so long as such child shall remain within the state and until he shall have reached the age of 18 or shall have been legally adopted.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 15.)   Cross references.   - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, T. 39, C. 4.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 2 C.J.S., Adoption of Persons, §§ 46, 48.
GA Code § 49-5-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-17. Power of Department to Accept and Use Gifts

 The department is authorized and empowered to receive, accept, hold, and use, on behalf of the state and for purposes provided for in this article, gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests of real, personal, and mixed property of every kind and description.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 18.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Department of Human Resources may accept public funds  donated voluntarily by counties for the provision of day-care and other social services to welfare applicants and other authorized recipients. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-12.   Contracting with counties for purchase or transfer of land.   - Division for Children and Youth (now Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Resources) is authorized to contract with a county for the purchase or transfer of land to be used for a maximum security child detention center. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-104; 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-187.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 14 C.J.S., Charities, §§ 16, 32 et seq.
GA Code § 49-5-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-18. Instituting or Intervening in Legal Proceedings

 The commissioner is authorized to institute or to intervene in any legal proceedings necessary to the performance of duties and responsibilities of the department and to the enforcement of this article and provisions of policies, standards, rules, and regulations established by the board in conformity with this article as may be commensurate with the legal status of the department to a child or youth committed to the care, custody, or control of the department or as may otherwise be specifically provided for in this article.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 19.)
GA Code § 49-5-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-19. Annual Report on Children and Youth Services

 The commissioner shall prepare and publish in print or electronically an annual report on the operations of the department and of county departments of family and children services under this article and submit it to the Governor, the board, and all interested persons, officials, agencies, and groups, public or private. The report shall contain, in addition to information, statistics, and data required by other provisions of this article, a comprehensive analysis of performance of child welfare and youth services throughout the state; an analysis of goals to ensure that no more than 25 percent of children remain in the foster care system under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for a period of 24 months or longer, as provided by Public Law 96-272; and such other information and recommendations of the commissioner as may be suitable.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 20; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1120, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388; Ga. L. 2015, p. 552, § 8/SB 138.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, substituted "ensure that no more than 25 percent of children remain in the foster care system under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act" for "reduce by 1 percent each year, beginning with the fiscal year that starts October 1, 1983, the number of children who have been in family or institutional foster care" in this Code section.
GA Code § 49-5-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-20. Existing Charters of Charitable Institutions

 Nothing in this article shall be deemed to revoke any charter of incorporation of any orphans' home or charitable or benevolent institution incorporated and established under the Act of the General Assembly approved December 18, 1894 (Ga. L. 1894, p. 80), as amended by the Act of the General Assembly approved December 16, 1898 (Ga. L. 1898, p. 104), notwithstanding the repeal of such Acts by Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, Section 24, or to impair or diminish the rights, powers, or privileges of such corporation as provided in its charter of incorporation.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 22; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 49.)
GA Code § 49-5-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-21. Penalties for Aiding, Harboring, or Encouraging Escapees or Hindering Their Apprehension

  Any person who shall knowingly aid, assist, or encourage any child or youth under the lawful control or custody of the department or of any licensed child welfare agency or home or facility used by such agency, public or private, to escape or to attempt to escape its control or custody shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who shall knowingly harbor, shelter, entertain, or encourage any child or youth who has escaped the lawful custody or control of the department or of any licensed child welfare agency or home or facility used by such agency, public or private, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who shall knowingly hinder the apprehension of any child under the lawful control or custody of the department who has been placed by the department in one of its institutions or facilities and who has escaped therefrom or who has been placed under supervision and is alleged to have broken the conditions thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 16; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1066, § 2.)
GA Code § 49-5-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-22. Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Programs to Provide Toilet Facilities Screened for Privacy

  The General Assembly finds that just as gender separated toileting among nonrelatives is the norm among adults, children should be allowed the same opportunity to practice modesty when independent toileting behavior is well established among the majority of their age group. Standardized adherence to this policy would provide privacy, injury control, and sanitation.   Each public or private voluntary pre-kindergarten program in this state which receives state funding shall provide toilet facilities for the four-year-old pre-kindergarten age children which it serves which are suitably screened for privacy. Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to require a pre-kindergarten program to provide separately constructed toilet facilities.   The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to any voluntary pre-kindergarten program which provides separate and gender-specific toilet facilities for the children which it serves.     (Code 1981, §49-5-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 991, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 49.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, "four-year-old" was substituted for "four year old" in the first sentence of subsection (b).
GA Code § 49-5-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-23. Obtaining Information on Recall Notices

  Any agency, department, or office that regulates child welfare agencies shall make available to such child welfare agencies at the time of application for initial or renewal certification or licensure information concerning contacting the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to obtain recall notices on unsafe child and infant products.   Child welfare agencies shall post the phone number and website of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in a location visible to parents and visitors. The notice shall also advise such parents and visitors on how to obtain recall notices on unsafe child and infant products.     (Code 1981, §49-5-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 333, § 1.)
GA Code § 49-5-41.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 2 - Child Abuse Records|§ 49-5-41.1. Inspection and Retention of Records of Juvenile Drug Use

  Notwithstanding Code Section 49-5-40, all reports, files, and records of child controlled substance or marijuana abuse shall be open to inspection only upon order of the juvenile court. As used in this Code section, the term "juvenile court" means the court exercising jurisdiction over juvenile matters, as defined under Code Section 15-11-2, in the county where the report was made.   The juvenile court may permit authorized representatives of recognized organizations compiling statistics for proper purposes to inspect and make abstracts from official records under whatever conditions upon their use and distribution the judge may deem proper and may punish by contempt any violation of those conditions. The judge shall permit authorized representatives of the Department of Human Services and the Council of Juvenile Court Judges to inspect and extract data from child controlled substance and marijuana abuse records for the purpose of obtaining statistics on juveniles and to make copies pursuant to the order of the court.   In no case shall records of child controlled substance or marijuana abuse be retained by the Department of Human Services beyond the 24 months from the date a report is first received pursuant to Code Section 19-7-6 by a child welfare agency providing protective services.   On application of a person who is the subject of a child controlled substance or marijuana abuse report, and after a hearing, the juvenile court may order the sealing of such reports, files, and records of the Department of Human Services. Upon entry of the order, the Department of Human Services shall treat the report and related information as if the report had never occurred. All index references shall be deleted and the person, the court, and the Department of Human Services shall properly reply that no record exists with respect to the person upon inquiry in any matter. Inspection of the sealed files and records thereafter may be permitted by an order of the juvenile court upon petition by the person who is the subject of the records and only by those persons named in the order.     (Code 1981, §49-5-41.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1000, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.)
GA Code § 49-5-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 2 - Child Abuse Records|§ 49-5-42. Rules and Regulations

 The board may adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1135, § 4.)
GA Code § 49-5-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 2 - Child Abuse Records|§ 49-5-43. Article Not to Conflict With Federal Law or Lose Federal Funds; Duty of Board

 Nothing in this article is intended to conflict with any provision of federal law or to result in the loss or denial of federal funds. The board shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to prevent conflict with federal law or the loss of federal funds.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1135, § 5.)
GA Code § 49-5-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 2 - Child Abuse Records|§ 49-5-44. Penalties for Unauthorized Access to Records; Use of Records in Public and Criminal Proceedings

  Any person who authorizes or permits any person or agency not listed in Code Section 49-5-41 to have access to such records concerning reports of child abuse declared confidential by Code Section 49-5-40 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who knowingly and under false pretense obtains or attempts to obtain records or reports of child abuse declared confidential by Code Section 49-5-40 or information contained therein except as authorized in this article or Code Section 19-7-5 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Records made confidential by Code Section 49-5-40 and information obtained from such records shall not be made a part of any record which is open to the public except that:   A district attorney may use and make public that record or information in the course of any criminal prosecution for any offense which constitutes or results from child abuse; and   The parties in a civil action may use and make public that record or information in the course of a civil action for childhood sexual abuse, as such term is defined in Code Section 9-3-33.1.      (Ga. L. 1975, p. 1135, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1778, § 3; Ga. L. 2015, p. 689, § 6/HB 17.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (c), in the introductory language, substituted "shall not" for "may not" and added a colon at the end; added the paragraph (c)(1) designator, and in subsection (c)(1), substituted "A district" for "a district" at the beginning, and added "; and" at the end; and added paragraph (c)(2).   Law reviews.   - For article, "Practical Challenges to Representing Unaccompanied Children Before the Atlanta Immigration Court," see 22 Ga. St. Bar J. 35 (April 2017).
GA Code § 49-5-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 2 - Child Abuse Records|§ 49-5-45. Penalty for Allowing Unauthorized Access to Juvenile Drug Use Records

 Any person who authorizes or permits any person or agency not authorized by the juvenile court pursuant to Code Section 49-5-41.1 to have access to such records concerning reports of child controlled substance or marijuana abuse declared confidential by Code Section 49-5-40 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Code 1981, §49-5-45, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1000, § 4.)
GA Code § 49-5-46 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 2 - Child Abuse Records|§ 49-5-46. Immunity From Liability of Department, Agency, or Child Advocacy Center

 The department, an agency, a child advocacy center, and employees thereof providing access to or disclosure of records or information as authorized by Code Section 49-5-41 shall have no civil liability or criminal responsibility therefor.    (Code 1981, §49-5-46, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1778, § 4; Ga. L. 2016, p. 160, § 4/HB 725.)    The 2016 amendment,  effective July 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "The department or any agency and employees of either providing access to or disclosure of records or information as authorized by Code Section 49-5-41 shall have no civil or criminal liability therefor."   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2016, p. 160, § 1/HB 725, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Child Abuse Records Protection Act.'"
GA Code § 49-5-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 3 - Employees' Records Checks for Child Welfare Agencies|§ 49-5-61. Requirement of Separate License and Separate Director for Each New Facility

 An applicant for a new license shall have a separate license for each new facility in this state owned or operated by that applicant and shall have a separate director for each such facility.    (Code 1981, §49-5-61, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1397, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 963, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 11.)
GA Code § 49-5-64 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 3 - Employees' Records Checks for Child Welfare Agencies|§ 49-5-64. Fingerprint Records Check; Retention

  The department shall transmit to GCIC both sets of fingerprints and the records search fee from each fingerprint records check application. Upon receipt thereof, GCIC shall promptly transmit one set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a search of bureau records and an appropriate report and shall retain the other set and promptly conduct a search of its records and records to which it has access. Within ten days after receiving fingerprints acceptable to GCIC, the application, and fee, GCIC shall notify the department in writing of any derogatory finding, including but not limited to any criminal record, of the state fingerprint records check or if there is no such finding. After a search of Federal Bureau of Investigation records and fingerprints and upon receipt of the bureau's report, the department shall make a national fingerprint records determination.   If the department is participating in the program described in subparagraph (a)(1)(F) of Code Section 35-3-33, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be authorized to retain fingerprints obtained pursuant to this Code section for such program and the department shall notify the individual whose fingerprints were taken of the parameters of such retention.     (Code 1981, §49-5-64, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1397, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 963, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1416, § 3; Ga. L. 1999, p. 539, § 4; Ga. L. 1999, p. 574, § 6; Ga. L. 2018, p. 507, § 2-16/SB 336.)    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); and added subsection (b).   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 119 (2018).
GA Code § 49-5-65 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 3 - Employees' Records Checks for Child Welfare Agencies|§ 49-5-65. Determination on the Basis of Fingerprint Records Check; Revocation of License

 After receiving a Federal Bureau of Investigation report regarding a national fingerprint records check under Code Section 49-5-64, the department shall make a determination based thereon and notify in writing the license applicant as to whether that records check was satisfactory or unsatisfactory. If the national fingerprint records check determination was unsatisfactory as to the director of an applicant's facility, after receiving notification of that determination, that applicant shall designate another director for such facility for which director the applicant has not received or made an unsatisfactory preliminary or fingerprint records check determination and proceed under the requirements of Code Sections 49-5-62 through 49-5-64 and this Code section to obtain state and national fingerprint records check determinations for the newly designated director. The director may begin working upon the receipt of a satisfactory state fingerprint records check determination pending the receipt of the national fingerprint records check determination from the department. The department may revoke the license of that facility if the facility fails to comply with the requirements of this Code section and Code Section 49-5-63 to receive satisfactory state and national fingerprint determinations on the director or to comply with Code Section 49-5-63 regarding employees other than the director.    (Code 1981, §49-5-65, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1397, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 963, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1416, § 4; Ga. L. 1999, p. 539, § 5; Ga. L. 1999, p. 574, § 7.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, in the second sentence "49-5-64 and this Code section" was substituted for "49-5-65".
GA Code § 49-5-65.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 3 - Employees' Records Checks for Child Welfare Agencies|§ 49-5-65.1. Employment of Persons Who Have Entered Plea of Guilty or Nolo Contendere to Specified Offenses

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 12, effective October 1, 2004.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 49-5-65.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 713, § 2.
GA Code § 49-5-66 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 3 - Employees' Records Checks for Child Welfare Agencies|§ 49-5-66. Separate License and Center

 Each center shall be required to obtain a separate license and shall have a separate director for each center.    (Code 1981, §49-5-66, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1397, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 963, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1416, § 5; Ga. L. 1999, p. 539, § 6; Ga. L. 1999, p. 574, § 8.)