Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-819 - Health care

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Infectious or contagious disease. Each
			 individual residing in the family foster home shall be free from any infectious
			 or contagious disease specified in
			 K.A.R.
			 28-1-6.
(b) Health of licensees and substitute
			 caregivers.
(1) Each licensee or substitute
			 caregiver shall be in a state of physical, mental, and emotional health, as
			 necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the children in foster
			 care.
(2) No licensee or substitute
			 caregiver shall be in a state of impaired ability due to the use of alcohol or
			 other chemicals, including prescription and nonprescription drugs.
(3) Each individual regularly caring for a
			 child in foster care in the family foster home shall have a health assessment
			 conducted by a physician with a current license to practice in Kansas or by a
			 nurse with a current license to practice in Kansas who is approved to perform
			 health assessments. Each health assessment shall be conducted no earlier than
			 one year before the date of the initial application for a license, employment,
			 or volunteering and no later than 30 days after the date of the initial
			 application, employment, or volunteering. The results of each assessment shall
			 be recorded on a form provided by the department.
(4) Each licensee or substitute caregiver
			 providing care for infants shall be current on the pertussis vaccination, and
			 each caregiver caring for infants and children with special medical needs shall
			 have a current annual influenza vaccination consistent with the recommendations
			 of the centers for disease control and prevention. An exemption from this
			 requirement shall be permitted only with one of the following:
(A) A written certification from a physician
			 with a current license to practice in Kansas stating that the physical
			 condition of the individual is such that the immunization would endanger the
			 individual's life or health; or
(B)
			 a written statement from the individual that the individual is an adherent of a
			 religious denomination whose teachings are opposed to immunizations.
(5) If a licensee experiences a
			 Significant change in the licensee's physical, mental, or emotional health,
			 including indications of substance abuse, an assessment of the licensee's
			 current health status may be requested by the department or by the sponsoring
			 child-placement agency.
(A) The assessment or
			 evaluation shall be performed at the expense of the licensee and by a
			 practitioner who is licensed or certified in Kansas to diagnose and treat the
			 specific condition that is the basis for the assessment or
			 evaluation.
(B) Each licensee shall
			 ensure that at least one potential practitioner has been approved by the
			 department or the sponsoring child-placement agency in order to have the
			 assessment or evaluation accepted by the department or child-placement
			 agency.
(C) Each licensee shall
			 provide the department or sponsoring child-placing agency with an executed
			 release of medical information to enable the department or the child-placement
			 agency to obtain information directly from the
			 practitioner.