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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-89 - Consent for placements

Current through July 10, 2024
Placement shall only be made with the consent of the guardian.
				Such consent may be verbal but shall be followed, as soon as is reasonably
				possible, by written consent on a form prescribed or authorized by the
				department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-90 - Assessment of foster or prospective adoptive parents and members of the household

Current through July 10, 2024
Each child placing agency shall conduct an assessment of any
				applicant for a foster family or prospective adoptive family approval or for
				the renewal of such approval. Such assessment shall include the applicant as
				well as all members of the applicant's household. The assessment shall
				determine the ability of the applicant to comply with the requirements of
				sections
				17a-150-51 through
				17a-150-123,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Such assessment
				shall include but not necessarily be limited to the physical condition of the
				home, the health of the applicant and other members of the household, and the
				ability of the applicant to provide an environment that will advance the
				physical, mental, emotional educational and societal development of each foster
				or adoptive child who may be placed in such home. In the case of a foster
				family the assessment shall also determine the ability of the foster family or
				applicant to work with the child placing agency or department to pursue the
				child's treatment plan including reunification with the biological
				family.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-91 - Granting of approval is not transferable or assignable

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Foster families or prospective adoptive
			 families approved through a child placing agency shall be granted such approval
			 by a licensed child placing agency only to the foster family or prospective
			 adoptive family for which application is made and only for the address shown on
			 the application and shall not be transferable or assignable.
(b) Whenever there are changes to any member
			 of the household or dwelling structure, the child placing agency may require a
			 new assessment of the foster or prospective adoptive family. Such assessment
			 shall result in the issuance of a new approval or the initiation of action to
			 revoke such approval.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-92 - Access to documentation of approval

Current through July 10, 2024
Foster families or prospective adoptive families approved
				through a child placing agency shall keep a letter or other form of
				documentation from such agency proving they are approved and shall make such
				letter or documentation available to the child placing agency, commissioner or
				his designee upon request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-93 - Access of commissioner or child placing agency to premises

Current through July 10, 2024
Each foster family or prospective adoptive family shall grant
				the commissioner or his designee or child placing agency access to the child,
				premises and documents related to the child at any reasonable time as deemed
				necessary with respect to non-emergency child related issues. In emergency
				circumstances unrestricted access shall be granted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-95 - Physical requirements of foster and prospective adoptive homes

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Dwelling and furnishings shall be clean
			 and comfortable and in good repair.
(b) State and local fire codes shall be
			 observed by all foster families and prospective adoptive families. A
			 determination of reasonable fire safety shall be established by the department
			 or child placing agency for all foster families or prospective adoptive
			 families. In the event of a disagreement between the department or child
			 placing agency and a foster family or prospective adoptive family regarding
			 fire safety issues, the final determination shall be vested in the local fire
			 marshal.
(c) The home and grounds
			 shall be reasonably free from anything that constitutes a hazard to children
			 including but not limited to:
(1) Any peeling
			 paint inside or outside of the house which is accessible to the children shall
			 be determined to be non-toxic in compliance with requirements of the department
			 of public health;
(2) equipment
			 used by the children shall not be painted or covered by any material which is
			 poisonous;
(3) all swimming pools
			 shall comply with state and local regulations; and
(4) medicines and toxic and flammable
			 materials shall be kept out of the reach of children.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-96 - Telephone

Current through July 10, 2024
All foster and prospective adoptive homes shall have a working
				telephone with emergency numbers posted in an easily visible location. The
				department or child placing agency shall be notified within one (1) business
				day of any change in the home's telephone number or telephone
				status.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-97 - Children's bedroom, clothing and privacy

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
(1) Each bedroom shall be enclosed on all
			 sides, with a window and a door that leads into a hallway or other common
			 living area.
(2) Each bedroom shall
			 have at least two approved means of exit capable of providing for escape in the
			 event of fire or disaster.
(3)
			 Bedrooms for children shall be used for sleeping purposes and customary
			 childrens' activities only. The child's bedroom shall not be used for general
			 purposes of other members of the family.
(4) Children under the age of three placed in
			 foster families and prospective adoptive families shall sleep on the same floor
			 and in close proximity to foster or prospective adoptive parents or a
			 responsible adult.
(5) A separate
			 bed shall be provided for each child except that siblings of the same sex may
			 sleep together in a double sized or larger bed with the approval of the chief
			 administrative officer of the child placing agency or the
			 commissioner.
(6) No child three
			 years of age or older shall be permitted to share a bedroom with another child
			 of the opposite sex or a same sex child of disparate age without the permission
			 of the chief administrative officer of the child placing agency or the
			 commissioner. No child over the age of one shall share a room with an adult
			 without the permission of the chief administrative officer of the child placing
			 agency or the commissioner.
(7) No
			 more than four (4) children including the foster or prospective adoptive
			 parents own children shall sleep in the same room without the permission of the
			 chief administrative officer of the child placing agency or the
			 commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-98 - Food and water

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All food for
			 human consumption, food storage and preparation, personal cleanliness and
			 general care of the home shall meet generally accepted health
			 standards.
(b) No non-pasteurized
			 milk products shall be provided by, or with the approval or knowledge of, a
			 foster family or prospective adoptive family to any child in care.
(c) The water supply shall be safe and
			 adequate to meet the needs of the household. If the home is not served by a
			 public water supply, the water shall be analyzed and approved by the state or
			 local department of health or by a private water testing laboratory approved by
			 the Department of Public Health at the time of initial licensure or approval
			 and at any subsequent time the department or child placing agency deems such
			 testing necessary.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-99 - Firearms and weapons

Current through July 10, 2024
Firearms or other types of dangerous weapons are discouraged in
				foster and prospective adoptive homes. The department or child placing agency
				shall be notified by any foster or prospective adoptive parents if they or a
				resident in their home possess, prior to licensure or approval or obtained
				subsequent to licensure or approval, a firearm or other type of dangerous
				weapon. A foster or prospective adoptive parents shall ensure that:
(1) Firearms and ammunition shall each be
			 locked in separate places inaccessible to all children; firearms;
(2) whenever practicable, firearms are
			 equipped with a trigger guard lock;
(3) other types of dangerous weapons shall be
			 unstrung or unloaded and shall be stored in locked containers out of the reach
			 of children; and,
(4) keys to the
			 locked storage area of firearms, other types of dangerous weapons, trigger
			 guards, and ammunition shall be kept in the secure possession of an adult or
			 reasonably secure from children.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-100 - Animals

Current through July 10, 2024
All animals in the foster family or prospective adoptive family
				shall be kept in a safe and sanitary manner and shall be in compliance with all
				statutes and regulations regarding vaccination, and generally accepted
				veterinary care.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-101 - Health standards for foster or prospective adoptive parents and members of the household

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The health of
			 persons living in the foster or prospective adoptive family shall not present a
			 hazard to the children. Prior to licensure or approval applicants to become a
			 foster family or prospective adoptive family shall supply a statement from a
			 physician on such forms as approved by the commissioner or child placing agency
			 that within the previous twelve (12) months:
(1) Each person living in the home has had a
			 physical examination and has been found to be in good health or that specified
			 members of the family are receiving all necessary continuing medical care and
			 are free of communicable disease; and
(2) the parents have been determined to be
			 physically and mentally able to provide care to children.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-103 - Change in approved foster and prospective adoptive family conditions

Current through July 10, 2024
Approved foster and prospective adoptive parents shall notify
				child placing agency, in writing, prior to or not later than one (1) business
				day following any change in circumstance or member of the household which
				alters the statement of fact made in the application for licensure or approval
				or which effect the ability of the foster or prospective adoptive parent to
				provide on-going care of the child.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-104 - Reporting of the injury, illness, death, fire or absence of a child from placement

Current through July 10, 2024
Foster and prospective adoptive parents shall report to the
				department or child placing agency, by telephone, within six (6) hours any
				serious injury, serious illness or death of a child, any fire in the home or
				any unauthorized absence of a child.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-105 - Financial condition of the foster or prospective adoptive parent

Current through July 10, 2024
Foster and prospective adoptive parents shall have an income
				sufficient to meet the needs of their family. Money received on behalf of the
				child shall be expended for the care of the child.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-106 - Substitute child care

Current through July 10, 2024
When all adults in a foster home are employed or otherwise
				occupied in substantial amount of time away from the foster home or prospective
				adoptive home, the plans for care and supervision of the child shall be
				provided by a competent individual and approved in advance by the chief
				administrative officer of the child placing agency or the
				commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-107 - Cooperation with the child's treatment plan

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Foster
			 parents shall comply with the treatment plan for the child and work
			 cooperatively with the department or child placing agency in all matters
			 pertaining to the child's welfare.
(b) Foster parents shall accept, cooperate
			 with and support arrangements made for the child to have contact including
			 visits and correspondence with the child's biological family in keeping with
			 the frequency indicated by the treatment plan. Visits between children and
			 biological parents shall take place in the foster home unless it is deemed not
			 to be in the best interest of the child or foster family. Foster parents shall
			 be active participants in reunification of the child with the child's
			 biological family.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-108 - Limitation on the number of licenses or approvals allowed

Current through July 10, 2024
A foster or prospective adoptive family shall be approved only
				by a child placing agency. No foster or prospective adoptive home shall possess
				more than one (1) license or approval for adoption or other form of out of home
				care either through the department, an entity licensed by the department or
				licensed or otherwise approved through any other entity. No foster or
				prospective adoptive family shall hold dual licensure or approval. No licensed
				or approved foster or prospective adoptive family shall accept, on a private
				basis, another child for placement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-109 - General requirements of foster and prospective adoptive parents

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Foster and prospective adoptive parents
			 shall be physically, intellectually and emotionally capable of providing care,
			 guidance and supervision of the child including:
(1) Insuring routine medical care, scheduling
			 and transportation;
(2) obtaining
			 and following instructions from the child's medical provider if medication or
			 treatment are to be administered by the foster or prospective adoptive parents.
			 Any medications provided shall be clearly labeled and kept out of the reach of
			 children;
(3) establishing plans to
			 respond to illness and emergencies, including serious injuries and the
			 ingestion of poison, with appropriate first aid supplies available in the home
			 out of reach of the children;
(4)
			 maintaining all documentation as required by the department;
(5) providing for the child's physical needs
			 including adequate hygiene, nutritional meals and snacks prepared in a safe and
			 sanitary manner, readily available drinking water, a balanced schedule of rest,
			 active play, indoor and outdoor activity appropriate to the age of the child in
			 care;
(6) promoting the social,
			 intellectual, emotional, and physical development of each child by providing
			 activities that meet these needs or special needs if such exist;
(7) assuring adequate opportunity for
			 cultural, and educational activities in the family and in the community.
			 Children who do not share the same language as their caretaker shall be
			 provided with opportunities to practice their native language as they become
			 bilingual or multi-lingual;
(8)
			 assuring an environment of tolerance and sensitivity to a child's religion
			 through providing adequate opportunity for religious training and participation
			 appropriate to the child's religious denomination, and not requiring any child
			 to participate in religious practices contrary to the child's
			 beliefs;
(9) providing emotional
			 support and an environment that meets the child's ethnic and cultural
			 needs;
(10) assuring the child's
			 participation in an approved education program, including regular school
			 attendance. The foster or prospective adoptive parents shall cooperate with the
			 proper authorities in relation to the child's educational needs;
(11) guiding the child in the acquisition of
			 daily living skills including the assigning of daily chores to the child on the
			 basis of the child's abilities and developmental level; and
(12) providing infants and toddlers with
			 ample opportunity for freedom of movement each day outside of a crib or
			 playpen, infants are to be held for all bottle feedings, as well as at other
			 times, for attention and verbal communication.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-110 - Foster family or prospective adoptive family criminal history; pending criminal actions; history of child abuse or neglect

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The granting of a license or approval
			 shall be denied if any member of the household of a foster family or
			 prospective adoptive family:
(1) Has been
			 convicted of injury or risk of injury to minor or other similar offenses
			 against a minor
(2) has been
			 convicted of impairing the morals of a minor or other similar offenses against
			 a minor;
(3) has been convicted of
			 violent crime against a person or other similar offenses;
(4) has been convicted of the possession,
			 use, or sale of controlled substances within the past five (5) years;
(5) has been convicted of illegal use of a
			 firearm or other similar offenses;
(6) has ever had an allegation of child abuse
			 or neglect substantiated; or
(7)
			 has had a minor removed from their care because of child abuse or
			 neglect.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-112 - Application for approval as a foster family or prospective adoptive family

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The child placing agency shall provide to
			 persons seeking approval as a foster family or prospective adoptive family an
			 application form or forms as prescribed or authorized by the department. Such
			 form or forms shall be used to obtain a declaration of the person's intent to
			 become a foster family or prospective adoptive family and other information as
			 may be necessary to process the application.
(b) Child-placing agencies may have
			 requirements in addition to those prescribed by the department for the approval
			 of persons seeking approval as a foster family or prospective adoptive family.
			 Any additional requirements shall be stated in the written policies of the
			 child placing agency and provided to the department upon request.
(c) The child placing agency's initial study
			 of a request for approval as a foster family or prospective adoptive family
			 shall include at least two office visits and at least one home visit.
			 Interviews shall be conducted with all persons residing in the home and all
			 family members who are residing away from home on a temporary basis, if
			 practicable.
(d) Each foster family
			 or prospective adoptive family shall be in compliance with sections
			 17a-150-51 through
			 17a-150-123,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies prior to
			 approval.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-113 - Placement criteria

Current through July 10, 2024
The child placing agency's placement criteria shall be based
				upon the suitability of potential placements for the child and the wishes of
				the guardian for their child with respect to religion and other appropriate
				attributes of approved homes. The child placing agency's placement criteria
				shall not discriminate between approved families on the basis of reimbursement
				for the child placing agency.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-115 - Consent of guardian and preferences of the biological parents

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each child placing agency shall place a
			 child only with the written consent of the guardian. The consent form shall
			 cite the appeal procedures the guardian may use concerning case management
			 decisions with which the guardian believes are not in the best interest of the
			 child.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-116 - Services to adoptive child and family

Current through July 10, 2024
The child placing agency shall provide social services to the
				adoptive child, his biological parents if appropriate, and the foster family or
				prospective adoptive family in accordance with an established, individualized
				written child placing agency service plan that includes a plan for
				discharge.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-117 - Review of treatment plans

Current through July 10, 2024
Treatment plans for children in foster care shall be reviewed
				at least every six (6) months. Treatment plans for children in adoptive
				placements shall be reviewed at least every six (6) months until the adoption
				is finalized at which time the reviews shall cease.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-118 - Medical or genetic information pertaining to adopted persons

Current through July 10, 2024
Medical or genetic information which has, or may have serious
				implications for the physical or mental health of any child placed for adoption
				or adopted person, descendant of such person, sibling of such person or genetic
				parent shall be provided by the department or the child placing agency pursuant
				to section 45a-146 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-119 - Placement out-of-state or out-of-country and children entering Connecticut from out-of-state

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When a child
			 placing agency determines that placement of a child in another state or country
			 is in the best interest of the child, it shall use only the services of an
			 out-of-state or out-of-country child placing agency licensed or otherwise
			 authorized by the laws of that state or country to perform such
			 services.
(b) Children being placed
			 from Connecticut into other states for the purpose of adoption or foster care
			 shall comply with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Sections
			 17a-175
			 through
			 17a-182,
			 inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) Children being placed into Connecticut
			 from other states or countries with Connecticut families for the purpose of
			 adoption or foster care shall comply with the Interstate Compact on the
			 Placement of Children, Sections
			 17a-175
			 through
			 17a-182,
			 inclusive, and section
			 17a-151
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-120 - Child care facility must meet licensing standards

Current through July 10, 2024
The child placing agency shall ensure that any child care
				facility, residential treatment institution, group home, temporary shelter or
				foster or adoptive home not located in Connecticut which is not licensed or
				authorized by the State of Connecticut, in which it places a child shall meet
				the standards of the state in which the facility is located.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-121 - Approval of out-of-state agencies

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Out-of-state
			 private child placing agencies seeking to place children into Connecticut for
			 the purpose of foster care or adoption shall provide:
(1) A copy of their current license or other
			 form of authorization from the approving authority in their state. If no such
			 license or authorization is issued, they must provide a reference statement
			 from the approving authority stating they are authorized to place children in
			 foster care or adoption or both in their jurisdiction;
(2) a description of the program, including
			 that within its geographical area the child placing agency conducts home
			 studies; placements; supervision; and, if applicable, adoptive placements and
			 the finalization of adoptions. The child placing agency must also agree to
			 continuing responsibility for placement planning and replacement if the
			 placement fails;
(3) such other
			 information as the department may require;
(4) notification to the department of any
			 significant child placing agency changes after approval;
(5) if the adoption is finalized prior to
			 bringing or sending the child to Connecticut, the out-of-state child placing
			 agency involved is not required to be approved by the department under Section
			 17a-152
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes or need be in compliance with Sections
			 17a-175
			 through
			 17a-182
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes regarding the Interstate Compact on the
			 placement of children; and
(6) such
			 agencies shall not place a child who is originally from Connecticut into
			 Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-122 - Approval of out-of-country agencies

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Out-of-country
			 child-placing agencies seeking to place children into Connecticut for the
			 purpose of foster care or adoption shall provide:
(1) A copy of their current license from the
			 approving authority in their country. If no such license is issued, they must
			 provide a reference statement from the approving authority stating they are
			 authorized to place children in foster care or for adoption;
(2) a description of the services available
			 to Connecticut families;
(3) a
			 statement agreeing to continue responsibility for placement planning and
			 placement in another home if the placement fails;
(4) such other information as the department
			 may require; and
(5) notification
			 to the department of any significant child placing agency changes after
			 approval.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-123 - Reporting of status of approved homes to the department

Current through July 10, 2024
Child placing agencies licensed to place a child into a foster
				family or prospective adoptive family shall provide the department, upon
				request, with required information regarding the families they have approved,
				denied and the number that have withdrawn an application for
				approval.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-1 - Definitions (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-2 - Bed capacity (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-3 - Types of licenses to be issued (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-4 - License not transferable or assignable (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-5 - Display of license (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-6 - Department access to premises (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-7 - Interstate placement of children (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-8 - Consultation with licensee (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-9 - Refusal or revocation of license (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-10 - Hearing on denial, revocation or limiting of license (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-11 - Suspension of license (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-12 - Return of license to the department (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-13 - Waiver provision (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-14 - Permanent family residence (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-15 - Construction (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-16 - Determination of fire safety (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-17 - Physical plant requirements (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-18 - Permanent family residence parents (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-19 - Occupation of parent (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-20 - Medical examination (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-21 - Communicable diseases (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-22 - Income (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-23 - Governing board (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-24 - Requirements relative to parents (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-25 - Contact with biological parents (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-26 - Child's plan (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-27 - Roomers or boarders (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-28 - Water supply, sewage and garbage facilities (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-29 - Milk (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-30 - Clothing (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-31 - Privacy (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-32 - Abuse of children. Discipline (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-33 - Children not to be used for fund-raising (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-34 - Unauthorized absences (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 155 - Licensing of Permanent Family Residences › Section 17a-155-35 - Reporting to the department (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 210 - Administration of Medications: Residential Facilities, Respite Centers, Day Programs, Community Training Homes, and Individual and Family Supports › Section 17a-210-3 - Certification process for non-licensed personnel

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No
			 employee of a residential facility, respite center or day program may
			 administer medications without successfully completing a department approved
			 certification training program that includes, but is not limited to, the
			 following areas:
(1) Theory
(A) Medical terminology;
(B) Drug classifications, including
			 controlled medications, dosage, measurement and forms of medications;
(C) Intended purpose and effects of
			 medication;
(D) Identification of
			 medication reactions including, but not limited to, known side effects,
			 interactions and the proper course of action if a side effect occurs;
(E) Correct and safe techniques of medication
			 administration including, but not limited to, the correct methods to prepare,
			 administer and document the administration of medication;
(F) Prohibited and dangerous techniques of
			 medication administration;
(G)
			 Documentation of medication administered to each consumer including, but not
			 limited to, observation, reporting and recording responses of each consumer to
			 the medication administered;
(H)
			 Reporting medication errors;
(I)
			 Responsibilities associated with control and storage of medication;
(J) Available medication information
			 resources;
(K) Communication and
			 reporting responsibilities relative to certified non-licensed personnel,
			 licensed personnel and other persons; and
(L) State and federal statutes and
			 regulations pertaining to medication.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 210 - Administration of Medications: Residential Facilities, Respite Centers, Day Programs, Community Training Homes, and Individual and Family Supports › Section 17a-210-3a - Approval process for trained non-licensed personnel for individual and family support: General training in medication administration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Non-licensed personnel paid to provide
			 supports to consumers in individual and family support settings shall be
			 approved to administer medications upon successful completion of the following
			 requirements:
(1) Instruction in theory
			 provided by an endorsed instructor or a department approved computer-based
			 training program that includes:
(A) Medical
			 terminology;
(B) Drug
			 classifications, including controlled medications, dosage, measurement and
			 forms of medications;
(C) Intended
			 purpose and effects of medication and sources of information on
			 medications;
(D) Correct and safe
			 techniques of medication administration including, but not limited to, the
			 correct methods to prepare and administer medication;
(E) Prohibited and dangerous techniques of
			 medication administration;
(F)
			 Observational skills and identification of signs of medication reactions;
			 including, but not limited to, known side effects, interactions, and the proper
			 course of action if a side effect occurs;
(G) Responsibilities associated with the
			 administration of medication including, but not limited to, reporting errors;
			 and
(H) State and federal statutes
			 and regulations pertaining to medication.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 210 - Administration of Medications: Residential Facilities, Respite Centers, Day Programs, Community Training Homes, and Individual and Family Supports › Section 17a-210-4 - Self-administration of medications in residential facilities, respite centers, day programs or community training homes

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Consumers shall
			 be determined to possess the ability to self-administer medication through a
			 process approved by the department.
(b) Consumers, who are able to
			 self-administer medication as defined in subsection (ee) of section
			 17a-210-1 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, may do so, provided a licensed
			 prescriber writes an order for self-administration.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 210 - Administration of Medications: Residential Facilities, Respite Centers, Day Programs, Community Training Homes, and Individual and Family Supports › Section 17a-210-8 - Sanctions for certified non-licensed personnel

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 regional director of health services, after review of the report and request
			 for sanction form submitted to him pursuant to section
			 17a-210-7
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and any other investigation
			 the regional director of health services deems appropriate, shall make written
			 recommendations to the commissioner concerning whether the certificate of any
			 certified non-licensed personnel should be suspended or revoked or whether
			 other conditions should be imposed on the continued administration of
			 medication by certified non-licensed personnel.
(b) The commissioner, or the commissioner's
			 designee, after review of the recommendations submitted pursuant to subsection
			 (a) of this section and any other information the commissioner deems
			 appropriate, may suspend or revoke a certificate or may impose probationary
			 conditions such as further training or enhanced supervision of the certified
			 non-licensed personnel, if the commissioner finds that such employee has failed
			 to comply with sections
			 17a-210-1 to
			 17a-210-10,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 210 - Administration of Medications: Residential Facilities, Respite Centers, Day Programs, Community Training Homes, and Individual and Family Supports › Section 17a-210-9 - Hearing on revocation or suspension of certificate

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person aggrieved by the decision of
			 the commissioner to revoke or suspend a certificate may, not later than twenty
			 (20) days after the date of receipt of a notice of revocation or suspension of
			 a certificate, submit a written request to the commissioner for a
			 reconsideration of the commissioner's decision. Not later than twenty (20)
			 working days after the date of receipt of such request, the commissioner or the
			 commissioner's designee shall conduct an informal hearing, at which the
			 regional director of health services, the supervising nurse requesting sanction
			 and the employee may present written and oral evidence.
(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's
			 designee shall render a decision not later than twenty (20) working days after
			 the date of the hearing. The decision of the commissioner or the commissioner's
			 designee shall be final. Revocation or suspension of a certificate shall be
			 stayed pending the outcome of such hearing except that the person shall not
			 administer medication under the authority of the certificate pending the
			 outcome of such hearing. In the absence of a request for a reconsideration
			 during this time period, the certificate shall either be revoked or
			 suspended.