Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XII - Licensing and Approved Standards › Chapter 108 - Licensing and Regulation of Child-placing Agencies › Rule 441-108.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Administrator"
means the person who is
				  designated to have day-to-day responsibility for the administration of a
				  child-placing agency, and who ensures that the mission of the agency and laws
				  relating to the welfare and protection of children are carried out.
"Adoption work experience"
means supervised
				  employment in adoption services, which includes direct provision of adoption
				  services, development of adoption policies, provision of training related to
				  adoption services, oversight and review of adoption documents and activities,
				  and direct supervision of adoption workers. Only the percent of time related to
				  provision of adoption services shall be considered as adoption work experience
				  when job duties involve activities other than adoption services.
"Adoptive applicant"
means the person who
				  has requested approval for placement of a child for adoption from a licensed
				  child-placing agency.
"Adoptive family"
means an approved person
				  or persons who have a child placed in their home for the purpose of adoption
				  and are being supervised by the agency or who have a child in their home who
				  has been legally adopted and is entitled to the same benefits as a child born
				  to the parents.
"Approved living arrangement"
means that the
				  living situation shall be located so as to provide reasonably convenient access
				  to schools, places of employment, or services required by the youth, comply
				  with applicable state and local zoning, fire, and sanitary regulations, and be
				  reasonably priced so as to fit within the youth's budget.
"Caseworker"
means the person who works
				  directly with children, their families, and other relevant individuals and who
				  has primary responsibility for the development, implementation, and review of
				  the agency's service plans for the child and parents; or who completes foster
				  care or adoptive family home studies or supervises foster family or adoptive
				  placements; or who supervises children placed in approved supervised apartment
				  living arrangements.
"Child"
means the same as defined by Iowa
				  Code section 234.1.
"Child-placing agency"
means an agency
				  organized within the state of Iowa for the purpose of receiving minor children
				  for placement, supervision, or both in private family homes for foster care; or
				  for adoption; or the placement, supervision, or both of children who are 16
				  years of age and older living in approved supervised apartment living
				  placements.
"Department"
means the department of human
				  services.
"Parent"
means custodial and noncustodial
				  parent.
"Safety-related information"
means
				  information that indicates whether the child has behaved in a manner that
				  threatened the safety of another person, has committed a violent act causing
				  bodily injury to another person, or has been a victim or perpetrator of sexual
				  abuse.
"Sibling"
means two or more persons having
				  at least one common parent.
"Supervised apartment living placement"
means the placement of a child who is at least 16 years of age in an approved
				  living arrangement which provides an environment in which the child can
				  experience living in the community with minimum supervision.
"Volunteer"
means any nonpaid person who
				  donates time to an agency, either in working with an individual or groups of
				  clients. A volunteer may also be a student intern.