Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 150 - Child Placing Agency Licensing and Responsibilities › Section 17a-150-51 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 17a-150-51 through
				17a-150-123,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following
				definitions apply:
(a) "Adoptable
			 person" has the same meaning as defined in section
			 45a-743
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) "Adopted person" has the same meaning as
			 defined in section
			 45a-743
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) "Approved" means to be granted permission
			 by a child placing agency, licensed by the department, to be a foster family or
			 prospective adoptive family.
(d)
			 "Bedroom" means a room used by a foster or prospective adoptive child for
			 sleeping.
(e) "Child" means a
			 person under eighteen years of age not related to the foster family or
			 prospective adoptive family.
(f)
			 "Child-placing agency" means an agency, association, corporation, institution,
			 society, or other public or private organization licensed by the department to
			 approve foster or prospective adoptive families and to place a child into an
			 approved foster or prospective adoptive family.
(g) "Child Placing Program" means activities
			 conducted by child placing agencies including, but not necessarily limited to
			 the recruitment, training, evaluation and monitoring of foster families and
			 prospective adoptive families.
(h)
			 "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Children and
			 Families.
(i) "Department" means
			 the Department of Children and Families.
(j) "Emergency" means any situation in which
			 an immediate threat to the health or welfare of a child or children exists or
			 is suspected.
(k) "Foster family"
			 or "Foster family" or "Foster home" or "Foster parents" means a person or
			 persons licensed by the Department of Children and Families or approved by a
			 licensed child placing agency, for the care of a child or children in a private
			 home.
(l) "Knowingly" means should
			 reasonably have known or did not take adequate measures to discover.
(m) "Licensed" means to be granted permission
			 by the department.
(n) "Member of
			 the household" means a person who lives in or has regular access to a foster or
			 prospective adoptive home including, but not limited to boarders, roomers,
			 relatives and friends.
(o)
			 "Prospective adoptive family" or "Prospective adoptive family" or "Prospective
			 adoptive home" or "Prospective adoptive parents" means a person or persons,
			 licensed by the Department of Children and Families or approved by a licensed
			 child placing agency, who is awaiting the placement of, or who has a child or
			 children placed in their home for purposes of adoption.
(p) "Related" means kinship by blood,
			 marriage or adoption, descended from a common ancestor not more than three
			 generations removed from said child.
(q) "Summary suspension" means the immediate
			 termination of the right to provide care as a foster or prospective adoptive
			 family as granted in a department issued license, pending proceedings for
			 revocation or other licensure action.
(r) "Trigger guard lock" means a lock which
			 prevents the discharge of a firearm unless unlocked by a key or
			 combination.