Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 391 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES LICENSING › Chapter 8 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES › Section 391-8-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Definitions set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. 55
				  71-1924 to
				  71-1951 and the following apply to
				  this chapter:
002.01
ADOPTION.
A judicial act creating between two persons
				certain relations, purely civil, of paternity and filiation.
002.02
ADOPTION
				DISRUPTION.
Termination of an adoptive placement prior to the
				finalization of the adoption.
002.03
ADOPTIVE
				PLACEMENT.
A type of placement that has not been finalized by a
				Decree of Adoption issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
002.04
AGENCY.
A
				licensed child-placing agency.
002.05
CHILD
				PLACEMENT.
To coordinate, arrange, and approve the process of a
				child entering an unrelated home or facility to be cared for on a temporary,
				long-term, or adoptive basis.
002.06
COMPLETE
				APPLICATION.
An application that contains all of the information
				requested on the Department approved application form, with attestation to its
				truth and completeness, and that is submitted with all required fees and
				documentation.
002.07
CONCURRENT ADOPTION.
More than one adoption being
				processed simultaneously either through the same agency or multiple
				agencies.
002.08
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Circumstances where the licensee
				or its staff would benefit personally or professionally from its or its staff's
				professional actions.
002.09
CURRENT REFERENCE.
A reference dated within one year
				of the time of application.
002.10
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
The executive director, director,
				superintendent, president, chief executive officer, and similarly classified
				positions who is responsible for the daily operation of the agency.
002.11
FOREIGN COUNTRY
				ADOPTION.
The placement of children emigrating from their country
				of origin for the purpose of adoption.
002.12
HOUSEHOLD.
All persons who have significant in-home contact with the child, including
				those who have a familial or intimate relationship with any person in the home.
				A person is considered as a member of the household if the individual spends
				50% or more of the individual's time in the home or if the home is the
				individual's only permanent residence.
002.13
INTERSTATE ADOPTION.
Placement of a child into Nebraska from another state or United
				States jurisdiction or from Nebraska into another state or United States
				jurisdiction with a person(s) for the purpose of adoption
002.14
LICENSEE.
Limited liability company, corporation, or nonprofit corporation to whom the
				license is issued.
002.15
MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILD.
A child whose chronic health
				or life threatening condition continually or unpredictably causes incidences
				that require monitoring.
002.16
PLACEMENT.
The arrangement for the care of a child in
				a licensed or approved foster family or in a residential child-caring agency
				but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill,
				developmentally disabled or any institution primarily educational in character,
				or any hospital or other healthcare facility.
002.17
PLACEMENT
				WORKER.
A staff person employed by the agency who has the
				responsibility to effectuate the movement of a child into the home of a family
				who wishes to provide permanency for the child through adoption.
002.18
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
				PROGRAM.
A review of the services and outcomes of the services
				provided to applicants, families, and children and a procedure for tracking
				outcomes to determine if changes are needed to be made to the system to improve
				delivery of the services.
002.19
STAFF.
A person employed by the licensee and who has
				direct contact or responsibility for children.