North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 70 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES › Subchapter E - LICENSING OF FAMILY FOSTER HOMES › Section .0700 - LICENSING REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES › Section 70E .0704 - RELICENSURE AND RENEWAL

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Materials for
				  renewing a license are due to the licensing authority prior to the date the
				  license expires.
(b) All
				  relicensing materials shall be completed and dated within 180 days prior to the
				  date the supervising agency submits materials for licensure to the licensing
				  authority. Medical examinations of the members of the foster home shall be
				  completed and dated within 12 months prior to submitting materials for
				  relicensure.
(c) All relicensing
				  materials shall be submitted at one time to the licensing authority. The
				  licensing authority shall return incomplete relicensure applications to the
				  supervising agency.
(d) If
				  materials are submitted after the foster home license expires, a license is
				  issued by the licensing authority effective the date the licensing materials
				  are approved by the licensing authority.
(e) When a foster home license is terminated
				  for failure to submit relicensure materials, the licensing authority shall
				  relicense the home if the relicensure materials are submitted to the licensing
				  authority within one year of the date the license was terminated and all
				  requirements are met. After one year, the supervising agency shall submit a new
				  licensure application to the licensing authority.
(f) When a foster home license has been
				  terminated in good standing and the foster family wishes to be licensed again,
				  the licensing authority shall renew the license if there are no changes or the
				  changes meet the requirements of the Rules of this Section. The period of time
				  for this renewed license is from the date the request is received by the
				  licensing authority to the end date of the license period in effect when the
				  license was terminated.
(g) Unless
				  previously licensed foster parents who have not been licensed within the last
				  24 consecutive months demonstrate mastery of the parenting skills listed in
				  10A NCAC
				  70E .1117(1) to the
				  satisfaction of the supervising agency and documented to the licensing
				  authority, the foster parents shall complete the 30 hours of pre-service
				  training specified in
				  10A NCAC
				  70E .1117(1).
(h) Unless previously licensed therapeutic
				  foster parents who have not been licensed within the last 24 consecutive months
				  demonstrate mastery of the therapeutic skills listed in
				  10A NCAC
				  70E .1117(2) to the
				  satisfaction of the supervising agency and documented to the licensing
				  authority, the therapeutic foster parents shall complete the 10 hours of
				  pre-service training specified in
				  10A NCAC
				  70E .1117(2).
(i) The supervising agency shall provide
				  documentation to the licensing authority that trainings for first aid, CPR, and
				  universal precautions are updated.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 131D-10.1;
					 131D-10.3;
					 131D-10.5;
					 143B-153;
Eff.
					 September 1, 2007;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2011; November 1,
					 2009;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. October 3,
					 2017.