Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - SOCIAL SERVICES › Article 69 - CHILD PLACING AGENCY LICENSING STANDARDS › Section R6-5-6903 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. "Adult." Any person 18 years of age or older.
B. "Authorized representative." A designated employee of the
				  Department.
C. "Casework supervisor." A person who holds a Bachelor's
				  degree from a university or college and has at least three years of casework
				  experience in a certified or licensed family/child welfare agency.
D. "Caseworker." A person who holds a Bachelor's degree from
				  a university or college and who has training and/or experience in the field of
				  behavioral science.
E. "Child." Any person under 18 years of age.
F. "Child placing agency." A child welfare agency which is
				  authorized in its license to place children.
G. "Department." The Arizona State Department of Economic
				  Security.
H. "Division." The Arizona State Department of Economic
				  Security.
I. "Executive Director." The person responsible for overall
				  administration of the child placing agency; also referred to as Administrator,
				  or Director.
J. "Foster care." A social service which, for a planned
				  period, provides substitute care for a child when its own family cannot care
				  for it for a temporary or extended period of time. Foster care may be in a
				  private family home or a group home.
K. "Foster child." A child placed in a foster home or child
				  welfare agency.
L. "Foster home." A home maintained by an individual or
				  individuals having the care or control of children, other than those related to
				  each other by blood or marriage, or related to such individuals, or who are
				  legal wards of such individuals (A.R.S. §
									8-501(4)
				  ).
M. "License." The legal authorization to operate a child
				  placing agency issued by the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
N. "Licensed medical practitioner." Any physician or surgeon
				  licensed under the laws of this State to practice medicine pursuant to Title
				  32, Chapter 13 and 17 (A.R.S. §
									36-501(4)
				  ).
O. "Licensing." Includes the agency process respecting the
				  grant, denial, renewal, revocation, suspension, annulment, withdrawal or
				  amendment of a license.
P. "Parent or parents." The natural or adoptive parent or
				  parents of the child.
Q. "Provisional license." A temporary license to operate a
				  Child Placing Agency, issued by the Arizona Department of Economic Security for
				  a period not to exceed six months; a provisional license is issued to an agency
				  that is temporarily unable to conform to all licensing standards and where the
				  deficiencies are minor, correctable and not potentially injurious to the safety
				  or welfare of a child and the agency agrees to correct the deficiency or
				  deficiencies, and where there is a demonstrated need for the services. A
				  provisional license is not renewable.
R. "Receiving foster home." A licensed foster home suitable
				  for immediate placement of children when taken into custody or pending medical
				  examination and court disposition which is designated as a receiving foster
				  home and it is licensed.
S. "Regular foster home." A licensed foster home suitable for
				  placement of not more than five minor children.
T. "Regular license." A license to operate a Child Placing
				  Agency, issued by the Arizona Department of Economic Security; a regular
				  license which may be issued following a provisional license is valid for one
				  year from the date of issuance and must be renewed annually.
U. "Social worker." A person who holds a Master of Social
				  Work degree from an accredited school of social work.
V. "Special foster home." A licensed foster home capable of
				  handling not more than five minor children who require special care for
				  physical, mental or emotional reasons or have been adjudicated a delinquent
				  (A.R.S. § 8-501(10)).