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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 50.025 - Timeframes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A self-monitoring report by a facility
				  under AS 47.50.060 must be submitted not later than the first anniversary date
				  of the residential child care facility's biennial license.
(b) The following timeframes apply to review
				  for compliance with AS 47.32 or this chapter or other action by the licensing
				  representative under AS 47.32 or this chapter:
(1) review for completeness of an application
				  for a license or a request for a variance and notification to the applicant of
				  omissions or additional information required - 10 days after the receipt of
				  application or request;
(2)
				  inspection and investigation of an application for an initial license - 90 days
				  after the receipt of a completed application;
(3) inspection and investigation of an
				  application for renewal of a biennial license - 90 days after the receipt of a
				  completed application;
(4) except
				  as provided in (c) of this section, a request for an amended license - within
				  20 days after receipt of a request for an amended license;
(5) repealed 7/1/2022.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 50.030 - Application for license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If an
				  orientation and pre-service training program is available in the community, the
				  licensing representative may require an applicant for a license to operate a
				  facility under this chapter to attend the program. If the applicant does not
				  complete any required program, the licensing representative shall suspend
				  processing the application, until the requirement is met.
(b) An applicant for a license to operate a
				  facility under this chapter shall
(1) submit
				  the application on forms provided by the department, including the release
				  forms specified in (4) of this subsection;
(2) comply with statutes and regulations
				  setting out department procedures;
(3) initiate the application in the name of
				  the individual or legal entity responsible for the operation of the agency;
				  and
(4) request a background check
				  under
				  7 AAC 10.910 for each individual for whom a background check
				  is required under
				  AS
				  47.05.300 -
				  47.05.390
				  and
				  7 AAC 10.900 -
				  7 AAC 10.990.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 50.040 - Inspections and evaluations by organizations or individuals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  department may enter into an agreement authorizing an individual or a private
				  or government organization to inspect and evaluate applicants for a license or
				  renewal of a license under this chapter and to monitor facility operations if
				  the department determines that the individual or organization is qualified
				  under AS 47.32 and this chapter to do so. The agreement may authorize a local
				  organization or individual to
(1) obtain a
				  completed licensing application or renewal application from the
				  applicant;
(2) inspect and evaluate
				  the proposed facility;
(3) request
				  sanitation and environmental or fire safety inspections from authorities if
				  inspections are required by applicable regulations or considered necessary by
				  the individual or organization;
(4)
				  submit the application, licensing evaluation, and all related reports to the
				  nearest department; and
(5) provide
				  ongoing monitoring.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 50.060 - Self-monitoring reports

Current through May 31, 2024
The annual self-monitoring report provides the licensee's
					 assessment of its compliance with the health, safety, staffing, and program
					 requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter. The report must be submitted on a
					 form provided by the department.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 50.100 - Responsibilities of a governing body in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In a
				  residential child care facility that is governed by a board or other body, the
				  board or other body shall
(1) determine
				  policy for the operation and management of the facility that meets the
				  requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter and provide for implementation of
				  that policy by an administrator;
(2) adopt a job description clearly
				  describing the administrator's role and responsibilities;
(3) appoint an individual who is qualified
				  under
				  7 AAC 50.200 as administrator, charged with the active
				  management of the facility, and annually evaluate the administrator's
				  performance;
(4) approve the annual
				  budget of anticipated income and expenses to provide the services described in
				  its statement of purpose and approve or take corrective action on financial
				  audit reports;
(5) conduct at least
				  three meetings each year and maintain minutes of all meetings; and
(6) provide for orientation to new board
				  members and biennial training for all board members on the role and
				  responsibilities of a board member.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 50.110 - Administrator

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall designate an
				  administrator who is qualified under
				  7 AAC 50.200. The administrator may be the same person who
				  owns or is otherwise legally responsible for operating the facility.
(b) Unless the administrator has an on-site
				  adult caregiver or associate administrator who has responsibility for the
				  facility in the administrator's absence and who meets the age and college
				  credit requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.200(a) and (e), the administrator of a residential
				  child care facility shall be on-site at the facility at least one half of the
				  time that the facility is providing care between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and
				  10:00 p.m.
(c) An individual may
				  not act as the administrator for more than two facilities unless each facility
				  has an on-site adult caregiver or associate administrator who has
				  responsibility for the facility in the administrator's absence and who meets
				  the age and college credit requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.200(a) and (e).
(d) A facility with one or more employees
				  shall designate an adult caregiver or associate administrator to act on behalf
				  of the administrator in the absence of the administrator from the facility. If
				  the administrator is absent for a period exceeding three consecutive weeks, the
				  facility shall designate an adult caregiver or associate administrator who
				  meets the requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.200 to act on behalf of the administrator. In a
				  residential child care facility, if the administrator cannot be reached by
				  telephone during any absences, the facility shall designate an adult caregiver
				  or associate administrator who meets the requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.200 to act on behalf of the
				  administrator.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 50.120 - Facility operation and management

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential
				  child care facility shall adopt personnel policies that are given to employees,
				  contractors, and volunteers at the time they start work with children. The
				  personnel policies must include, as applicable,
(1) personnel qualifications;
(2) the job description applicable to the
				  employee, contractor, or volunteer;
(3) for employees and contractors
(A) procedures for annual evaluation;
				  and
(B) a performance evaluation
				  within six months of employment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 50.130 - Records

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall
(1) establish written records necessary to
				  demonstrate compliance with the applicable requirements of AS 47.32 and this
				  chapter;
(2) retain records
				  demonstrating compliance for at least three years from the record's creation;
				  and
(3) permit a licensing
				  representative to review records, including personnel and evaluation records
				  and applicable portions of board or other governing body minutes, to determine
				  compliance with AS 47.32 and this chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 50.140 - Reports

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to the notice of changes
				  required by
				  AS
				  47.32.200, a facility shall report the
				  following planned changes to the licensing representative as soon as possible,
				  but not later than 30 days before they are expected to occur:
(1) change in the individual operating the
				  facility;
(2) change in the name of
				  the individual operating the facility;
(3) change in the name of the
				  facility;
(4) change of
				  administrator;
(5) change in the
				  age or sex of the children served;
(6) deletion or addition of a specialization
				  under
				  7 AAC 50.600 -
				  7 AAC 50.650;
(7) addition of an adult member to the
				  licensee's household for 45 days or longer.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 50.200 - Qualifications of administrator

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  administrator of a residential child care facility must be an individual who is
				  at least 21 years of age.
(b) An
				  administrator must be of good character and reputation, have an understanding
				  of the development of children, the ability to care for children, positive
				  experience with working with persons of different cultures, and the skills to
				  work with children, family members, department staff, community agencies, and,
				  if applicable, staff of the facility.
(c) The administrator of a residential child
				  care facility must have management and supervisory skills necessary to plan and
				  evaluate programs, select and supervise personnel, and handle finances. In this
				  subsection, "select and supervise personnel" includes the delegation of
				  responsibility and motivation of staff.
(d) The administrator of a residential child
				  care facility must have at least 60 semester hours of college credit or an
				  associate degree in a human services field. College credit in management will
				  substitute for 30 of the 60 required hours. In addition, an administrator of a
				  residential child care facility must have a minimum of four years of
				  increasingly responsible supervisory and administrative experience in a child
				  welfare agency or other setting that serves children, adolescents, or both,
				  with at least one year of experience in a residential setting.
(e) In addition to the requirements of this
				  section, an administrator must meet the personnel qualifications set out in
				  7 AAC 50.210.
(f) The designated administrator shall submit
				  to the licensing representative the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of
				  four individuals, at least three of whom are unrelated by blood or marriage to
				  the designated administrator, who can provide references attesting to the
				  designated administrator's good character, reputation, interpersonal, and
				  professional skills.
(g) The
				  licensing representative will assess the qualifications of the designated
				  administrator. If the review shows that the person is not qualified under this
				  section and
				  7 AAC 50.210, the licensing representative will inform
				  the agency that the individual may not serve as an administrator and that the
				  agency's license is subject to denial or revocation unless a qualified
				  administrator is designated within 30 days of receipt of notice by the
				  agency.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 50.210 - Qualifications and responsibilities of persons having regular contact with children in a facility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An adult having regular contact with
				  children in a facility and a caregiver of any age must be a responsible
				  individual of reputable character who exercises sound judgment.
(b) A caregiver in a full time care facility
				  must have the capacity to deal with frustration and conflict and the ability to
				  work with children who, because of the children's background and experience,
				  might express themselves negatively toward the caregiver.
(c) An individual associated in a manner
				  described in
				  7 AAC 10.900(b) with a facility where child
				  care is provided is subject to the applicable requirements of
				  AS
				  47.05.300 -
				  47.05.390
				  and
				  7 AAC 10.900 -
				  7 AAC 10.990 (barrier
				  crimes and conditions; background checks). In addition, an individual may not
				  work, volunteer, or reside in any other part of the facility with direct access
				  to the part of the facility where child care is provided if
(1) under
				  7 AAC 10.915
				  (background check) the department determines that a barrier crime or condition
				  described in
				  7 AAC 10.905 exists with respect to the
				  individual;
(2) the individual is
				  out of compliance with the association requirements described in
				  7 AAC 10.915(g) and
				  7 AAC 10.935(m);
(3) a variance for the individual has been
				  denied under
				  7 AAC 10.930 and
				  7 AAC 10.935;
(4) a variance for the individual has been
				  revoked under
				  7 AAC 10.945;
(5) the individual has a physical health
				  problem or behavioral health problem that poses a significant risk to the
				  health, safety, or well-being of children in care; or
(6) the individual was the subject of prior
				  adverse licensing action of the kind described in
				  AS
				  47.32.140(d)(5) -
				  (7).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 50.220 - Caregiver age requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
In a full time care facility caring for children
(1) in which the oldest child in care is
				  under age 15, a caregiver must be at least 18 years of age; and
(2) in which the oldest child in care is age
				  15 or older, a caregiver must be at least 21 years of age.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 50.230 - Additional staff qualifications in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				  Deleted 7/1/2000.
(b) A residential
				  child care facility shall designate an associate administrator for each
				  separate building housing children. The associate administrator must have 30
				  semester hours of college credit in a human services field.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.35.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 50.240 - Supervision of employees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility with
				  one or more employees or contractors shall ensure that an inexperienced
				  caregiver is monitored by an experienced caregiver until the inexperienced
				  caregiver is able to safeguard the health and safety of the children in
				  care.
(b) A residential child care
				  facility with one or more employees or contractors shall establish and maintain
				  conferences at least monthly between the supervisor and caregivers regarding
				  needs and treatment plans of specific children in care and techniques or
				  procedures to meet each child's needs and to implement each child's treatment
				  plan.
(c) If a residential child
				  care facility with one or more employees or contractors does not have a
				  supervisory or administrative individual qualified to supervise mental health
				  professionals, the facility shall contract or otherwise arrange for supervision
				  of mental health activity.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.35.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 50.250 - Orientation and training

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility with
				  one or more employees or contractors shall provide an orientation to each
				  caregiver that includes
(1) the facility's
				  policies and procedures, including responsibilities of the caregiver;
(2) satisfying special needs of specific
				  children, where appropriate; and
(3) emergency procedures and health and
				  safety measures.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 4 - Admission and Discharge › 7 AAC 50.300 - Admission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall
(1) at or before a child's admission to the
				  facility, obtain emergency information on a child, if known, from the child's
				  parent or placement worker, including
(A)
				  information about the child's drug or other allergies;
(B) information about any medication the
				  child is taking or medical treatment the child requires; and
(C) for a child to be admitted
(i) deleted 7/1/2000;
(ii) to a full time care facility, an
				  authorization for the emergency medical or surgical care for the child;
				  and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 4 - Admission and Discharge › 7 AAC 50.320 - Admission in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential
				  child care facility shall set out its admission policies and criteria in
				  writing and keep the writing current as policies and criteria are revised. The
				  admission policies and criteria must include
(1) a description of the
(A) age range and sex of children served;
				  and
(B) kinds of individual or
				  family problems dealt with;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 4 - Admission and Discharge › 7 AAC 50.330 - Assessment and treatment plan in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				  residential child care facility shall observe and assess each child admitted
				  and develop an initial treatment plan within 15 days after a child's admission.
				  The treatment plan shall be completed within 30 days following the child's
				  admission.
(b) The plan specified
				  in (a) of this section must include
(1) the
				  findings of an on-site evaluation of the child;
(2) an identification of the child's specific
				  needs that are in addition to the child's needs for food, clothing, shelter,
				  routine care, and supervision, including physical, medical, familial,
				  educational, social, emotional, and behavioral needs;
(3) an assessment of the child's and family's
				  strengths, weaknesses, and needs;
(4) clearly stated goals, specific treatment
				  objectives, techniques, or activities, time frames, and task assignments to
				  meet the needs of the child and the child's family, where appropriate, in the
				  following areas:
(A) care, education, health,
				  religion, culture, and community activities;
(B) specialized services as required to meet
				  the child's specific needs;
(C)
				  group living experience planned individually for the child;
(D) individualized, family, or group
				  counseling;
(E) the family's
				  involvement in the planning and carrying out of the plan;
(F) the estimated length of stay, preliminary
				  plans for discharge, and conditions under which the family will be reunited, if
				  applicable; and
(G) the date for
				  the first or next review of progress toward goals;
(5) tasks and resources to be provided by the
				  facility, placement worker, child, family members, and other community
				  resources, and the time frames necessary to achieve objectives;
(6) initial discussions of postdischarge
				  plans; and
(7) the method to be
				  used for evaluating the child's progress and the progress of family members
				  toward objectives and time frames for the periodic review.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 4 - Admission and Discharge › 7 AAC 50.340 - Discharge in full time care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential
				  child care facility must have a discharge policy that describes both regular
				  discharge procedures and emergency discharge procedures, including reasonable
				  accommodations that may be made to prevent an emergency discharge.
(b) A residential child care facility shall
				  prepare a discharge summary and attachments that include
(1) a summary of services provided, an
				  assessment of goal achievement, and identification of child and family needs
				  that remain to be met;
(2) the
				  child's medical and other records required by
				  7 AAC 50.455(f);
(3) recommendations for the child and the
				  child's family following discharge from the facility, including provisions for
				  aftercare and referrals;
(4) the
				  date and reasons for discharge, the name, address, telephone number, and
				  relationship of the person or agency to whom the child is being discharged,
				  except that a runaway child age 16 or older may be discharged to the child's
				  self; and
(5) an inventory of the
				  child's personal possessions and clothing at discharge.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 50.400 - Supervision of children

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility
				  shall ensure that the children in its care will receive responsible supervision
				  appropriate to their age and developmental needs. A facility shall provide for
				  creation of a staffing plan, where applicable, and a plan for supervision of
				  children.
(b) Deleted
				  7/1/2000.
(c) Deleted
				  7/1/2000.
(d) A residential child
				  care facility shall maintain caregiver and child attendance records that
				  reflect the time caregivers are present and children are in care.
(e) A caregiver in a residential child care
				  facility may participate in duties other than direct care of children and be
				  counted toward the caregiver-to-child ratios required under this chapter so
				  long as the caregiver remains on duty and the caregiver's primary
				  responsibility continues to be the direct care and supervision of children.
				  However, facility staff counted toward caregiver-to-child ratio requirements
				  must be awake at all times during which they are counted unless there are five
				  or fewer children in care during nighttime care.
(f) Repealed 7/1/2022.
(g) A facility shall prevent exposure of
				  children to individuals, animals, and situations known to be a danger. A
				  facility may not expose a child to high-risk activities or hazards such as
(1) use of an infant walker;
(2) a young child walking along a river edge
				  or riding an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile; or
(3) a child of any age riding an all-terrain
				  vehicle with only three wheels, boating without a personal flotation device or
				  in dangerous water conditions, or participating in an airborne activity such as
				  hang gliding.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 50.410 - Supervision of children; child-to-caregiver ratios in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A caregiver shall be on duty in a
				  residential child care facility whenever one or more children are
				  present.
(b) Except as provided in
				  (c) of this section, the caregiver-to-child ratio in a facility must be as
				  follows:
(1) one caregiver for every six
				  children during any time children are awake and engaged in activity outside
				  their sleeping quarters; and
(2)
				  one caregiver for every 12 children during sleeping hours.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 50.425 - Program in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential
				  child care facility shall describe in writing the ways its program will provide
				  treatment, structure, and daily activities designed to promote the individual
				  physical, social, intellectual, spiritual, and emotional development of the
				  children in the facility. The description must address the requirements of this
				  section and also include provisions and policy relating to the applicable
				  requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.435,
				  7 AAC 50.440,
				  7 AAC 50.445,
				  7 AAC 50.455,
				  7 AAC 50.460, and any specialization of the facility
				  under 7 AAC 50.600 -
				  7 AAC 50.650.
(b) A facility shall plan routines and
				  activities appropriate to the children's age and development in a manner that
(1) ensures
(A) consistency through communication between
				  caregivers on different shifts regarding activities and special needs or
				  problems of children;
(B)
				  involvement of children in decision-making regarding the routines and
				  activities of their living group; and
(C) the accommodation of an individual
				  child's treatment plan; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 50.435 - Behavior guidance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall help a child to develop
				  age appropriate patterns of behavior that foster constructive relationships and
				  increasing ability to deal with everyday life.
(b) A facility shall provide for positive
				  reinforcement, redirection, and the setting of realistic expectations and clear
				  and consistent limits.
(c) A
				  facility may not use discipline or a behavior management technique that is
				  cruel, humiliating, or otherwise damaging to the child.
(d) A child in care may not be
(1) removed from the other children for more
				  than 10 minutes if the child is a young child, except as provided in (e) of
				  this section;
(2) disciplined in
				  association with food or rest;
(3)
				  punished for bedwetting or actions in regard to toileting or toilet
				  training;
(4) subjected to
				  discipline administered by another child;
(5) deprived of family contacts, mail,
				  clothing, medical care, therapeutic activities designated in the child's plan
				  of care, or contact with the child's placement worker or legal
				  representative;
(6) subjected to
				  verbal abuse, to derogatory remarks about the child or members of the child's
				  family, or to threats to expel the child from the facility;
(7) placed in a locked room;
(8) physically restrained, except when
				  necessary to protect a young child from accident, to protect persons on the
				  premises from physical injury, or to protect property from serious damage; and
				  then only passive physical restraint may be used;
(9) mechanically restrained, except for a
				  protective device such as a seatbelt; or
(10) chemically restrained, except on the
				  order of a physician and subject to the provisions of
				  7 AAC 50.440.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 50.440 - Medications

Current through May 31, 2024
A facility subject to this chapter shall also comply with
					 the applicable provisions of
					 7 AAC 10.1070 regarding medications.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 50.445 - Reducing the spread of disease

Current through May 31, 2024
To reduce the spread of disease, a facility subject to this
					 chapter shall meet the applicable requirements of
					 7 AAC 10.1045 (Universal Precautions) and
					 7 AAC 10.1050 (Caregiver Hygiene).
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 50.455 - Health in full time care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A full-time
				  care facility shall either obtain evidence of immunization as specified in this
				  section for each child in care or initiate immunizations as specified in this
				  section no later than 30 days after the child is in care. A full-time care
				  facility shall ensure that each child in care has or is given, in a manner
				  consistent with the timetable prescribed by the department's childhood
				  immunization schedule, immunizations appropriate to the child's age against
(1) diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, and
				  rubella;
(2) if the child is less
				  than seven years of age, pertussis; and
(3) mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chicken
				  pox, and
Haemophilus influenzae
type B; If a child has not
				  received all immunizations as provided in the schedule, the facility shall
				  initiate completion of immunizations as rapidly as is medically
				  indicated.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 50.460 - Nutrition

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall ensure that all snacks
				  and meals meet the child care food program requirements set out in
				  7 C.F.R.
				  226.20.
(b) In a residential child care facility,
				  menus, including snacks, must be planned in advance, be posted in an area open
				  to visitors, and reflect actual food served. A residential child care facility
				  providing emergency shelter care is not required to plan menus in advance, but
				  must retain a record of actual food served.
(c) Deleted 7/1/2000.
(d) A residential child care facility
				  providing care for infants shall observe the following requirements for bottle
				  feedings:
(1) bottle feedings may be prepared
				  by the parent or the facility; however, if the facility prepares the bottle
				  feedings, it shall consult with the parent to ensure consistency with the
				  bottle feedings given at home;
(2)
				  an infant must be fed on demand;
(3) a child on bottle feedings
(A) must either be held or fed sitting up or,
				  if unable to sit up, always be held by a caregiver during the feeding;
				  and
(B) may not be permitted to
				  hold or carry its bottle at times other than the feeding; and
(4) bottles may not be propped for
				  a child.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 6 - Environment › 7 AAC 50.500 - Effect of local ordinances

Current through May 31, 2024
A license is issued or denied on the basis of the
					 applicant's compliance with the requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter. The
					 enforcement of local ordinances, such as zoning regulations and local building
					 codes, is the responsibility of local officials.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 6 - Environment › 7 AAC 50.510 - Life and fire safety

Current through May 31, 2024
A facility subject to this chapter must also meet the
					 applicable life and fire safety requirements set out in
					 7 AAC 10.1010.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 6 - Environment › 7 AAC 50.520 - Environmental health and safety

Current through May 31, 2024
A facility subject to this chapter must also meet the
					 applicable environmental health and safety standards set out in
					 7 AAC 10.1000 -
					 7 AAC 10.1095.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 6 - Environment › 7 AAC 50.530 - Space

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility must have indoor and outdoor
				  space to accommodate the physical and developmental needs of the children
				  served.
(b) A residential care
				  facility and shall provide at least
(1) 35
				  square feet of usable indoor space per child, exclusive of hallways, bathrooms,
				  storage areas, office space, furnace and laundry rooms, crib space, and any
				  area that children are prevented from using; and
(2) 75 square feet of outdoor recreation
				  space per child for the maximum number of children outside at any one
				  time.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 6 - Environment › 7 AAC 50.540 - Equipment and supplies

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A facility shall select equipment and
				  supplies to support facility programs so that the amount, variety, arrangement,
				  and use of materials, toys, and equipment available
(1) are appropriate for the developmental
				  needs of the children in care;
(2)
				  for young children, meet criteria contained in former
				  7 AAC 50.420(a)(1) - (5), in effect as of
				  6/30/2000;
(3) are of sufficient
				  quantity to avoid excessive competition and long waits for use by a child;
				  and
(4) when stored, are stored
				  safely and so that at least some of the toys and materials are accessible to
				  children.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.600 - Approval of specializations

Current through May 31, 2024
To obtain approval by the department of a specialization
					 designation described in
					 7 AAC 50.605 -
					 7 AAC 50.650, a facility must demonstrate its ability to
					 comply with the requirements set out in AS 47.32 and this chapter applicable to
					 that specialization. The department will approve a requested specialization
					 designation if the department determines that the facility is able to satisfy
					 those applicable requirements.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.610 - Emergency shelter care in full time care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A full-time
				  care facility may not accept children for emergency shelter care, including
				  respite care, without an emergency shelter care specialization approved by the
				  department.
(b) A full-time care
				  facility may be approved to provide emergency shelter care in combination with
				  residential care. A residential care facility shall submit a plan for emergency
				  shelter care to the department for review and approval that
(1) designates the number of beds for each
				  type of care to be provided by the facility; and
(2) identifies how each type of care will be
				  provided by the facility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.615 - Emergency shelter care for runaway children in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In order to be approved as specializing
				  in emergency shelter care for runaway children, a residential child care
				  facility must meet the requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.610 and this section. A facility may not advertise
				  or represent that it specializes in serving runaway children without a
				  specialization in emergency shelter care for runaway children approved by the
				  department.
(b) Upon a runaway
				  child's admission to a facility the facility shall
(1) immediately inform the child seeking
				  assistance of the child's legal rights and responsibilities under
				  AS
				  47.10.141-47.10.142
				  and
				  AS
				  47.10.300-47.10.399 and of
				  services and assistance available for runaway children from the facility and
				  from governmental and community sources;
(2) attempt to determine why the child is a
				  runaway;
(3) notify the child's
				  parent of the child's physical and emotional condition and the circumstances
				  surrounding the child's admission to the facility as soon as possible, but not
				  later than 48 hours after admission, unless
(A) the facility is notified that the
				  department or the child's placement worker, if any, has already done
				  so;
(B) there is reason to believe
				  that the child has been physically or sexually abused by the child's parent and
				  the department is notified immediately;
(C) there is reason to believe that notifying
				  the child's parent would endanger the life or safety of the child or another
				  person in the facility and the department is notified immediately; or
(D) the child will not divulge the name of
				  the child's parent or the parent cannot be reached after a good faith effort
				  and the department is notified within 48 hours;
(4) notify the department, within 24 hours,
				  of the whereabouts of a child who has been reported by the department to be in
				  state custody or for whom the facility knows there is a court order for the
				  department or a law enforcement agency to take custody of the child;
				  and
(5) obtain, within 48 hours,
				  the consent of the department for a child in state custody to remain in
				  residence at the facility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.620 - Shelter home care for runaway children

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  a shelter home is to provide a temporary place for a runaway child if there is
				  no practical or peaceful way for the child to return home. The goal is to
				  reunite the child with the child's family, unless that is not
				  appropriate.
(b) A shelter home is
				  exempt from the requirement of collaborating on the plan of care under
				  7 AAC 50.300(g) for a child if the child
				  does not have a placement worker. A shelter home is also exempt from the
				  requirements of
(1) Repealed
				  7/1/2022;
(2)7 AAC 50.340(e);
(3) Repealed 7/1/2022;
(4)7 AAC 50.455(a), (b)(3), (c), and (d);
				  and
(5)7 AAC 50.540(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.625 - Wilderness and adventure experiences in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				  residential child care facility may not provide wilderness or adventure
				  experiences for a period longer than four days without a wilderness and
				  adventure experience specialization approved by the department.
(b) A facility must base an experience on a
				  plan that addresses each requirement in this section. A plan for each
				  experience of more than four days' duration must be submitted to the department
				  for review and approval at least 30 days in advance of the experience. A
				  facility shall ensure that each staff member involved in the experience reviews
				  the plan and that a copy of the plan is taken on each experience away from the
				  facility.
(c) A facility shall
				  ensure that the plan required under (b) of this section establishes emergency
				  procedures and injury control procedures for any wilderness or adventure
				  experience the facility conducts. The emergency procedures and injury control
				  procedures must include
(1) the posting of
				  emergency telephone numbers, if telephones are available;
(2) respect for and identification and
				  avoidance of potential weather hazards;
(3) the identification and warning to campers
				  of other potential hazards such as noxious plants, bears and other wild
				  animals, cliffs, mine shafts, and polluted waters; and
(4) the development of contingency plans to
				  deal with fire, natural disasters, lost campers, and other
				  emergencies.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.635 - Boarding care in residential child care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential
				  child care facility may provide boarding care only with a boarding care
				  specialization approved by the department.
(b) A facility that provides only boarding
				  care is exempt from the requirements of:
(1)7 AAC 50.240(b) and (c);
(2)7 AAC 50.250(e);
(3)7 AAC 50.320(b), (c), (f), and (g) -
				  (j);
(4)7 AAC 50.330;
(5)7 AAC 50.340(b) - (f);
(6)7 AAC 50.400(d) and (e);
(7)7 AAC 50.410(b) - (d);
(8)7 AAC 50.425(a), (b), (d), (g), (h), (k), (l) and (p);
(9)7 AAC 50.455(c), (d), and (g);
(10)7 AAC 50.460(e); and
(11)7 AAC 50.540(a).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.640 - Supervised transition living in full time care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A full-time
				  care facility may not advertise or represent that it specializes in supervised
				  transition living without a supervised transition living specialization
				  approved by the department.
(b) For
				  older adolescents for whom family reunification, placement with previous
				  caregivers, or extended family or adoption are not feasible, a facility shall
				  provide or arrange services designed to enable the child to successfully
				  prepare for and make the transition to independence.
(c) A facility shall provide or secure
				  services that address the child's need for
(1) establishing or strengthening family ties
				  whenever possible;
(2) life skills
				  training, including money management and locating, obtaining, and maintaining a
				  residence;
(3) education with
				  regard to human sexuality;
(4)
				  vocational or other training;
(5)
				  housing during transition;
(6)
				  legal services; and
(7)
				  arrangements for aftercare services and socialization, cultural, religious, and
				  recreational activities.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.645 - Care for pregnant and parenting adolescents in full time care facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A full-time care facility may not
				  advertise or represent that it specializes in care for pregnant and parenting
				  adolescents without a specialization in care for pregnant and parenting
				  adolescents approved by the department.
(b) Repealed 7/1/2022.
(c) A residential child care facility that
				  specializes in care for pregnant and parenting adolescents
(1) shall meet the requirements of this
				  section and the requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.700 -
				  7 AAC 50.790;
(2) may elect to apply for a residential
				  child care facility license with a specialization in care for pregnant and
				  parenting adolescents or to apply for maternity home license; and
(3) may provide care for pregnant and
				  parenting adolescents in combination with other residential child care provided
				  the facility
(A) is licensed as a residential
				  child care facility specializing in care of pregnant and parenting adolescents,
				  rather than a maternity home;
(B)
				  provides separate programs for each type of care; and
(C) minimizes exposure of infants to illness
				  or behavioral problems of children in care.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 50.650 - Substance use treatment facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A residential
				  child care facility may not advertise or represent that it specializes in
				  substance use treatment without a specialization in treatment for substance use
				  approved by the department.
(b) A
				  residential child care facility with approval from the department under
				  AS
				  47.37.140 in adolescent treatment for
				  substance use is exempt from the requirements of
(1)7 AAC 50.320(c) and (d);
(2)7 AAC 50.330;
(3)7 AAC 50.340(b) (1) - (4) and (c) - (f);
				  and
(4)7 AAC 50.425(b), (f) - (h), (k)(3), (k)(4),
				  (l), and (p).