1. (a) An agency shall employ at least one person who at a minimum meets one of the following qualifications:

   1. (1) a bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited college or university and at least two years of supervised child-placing experience; or
   2. (2) a bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and at least three years of supervised child-placing experience.

2. (b) Level II child placing workers shall carry out the following responsibilities:

   1. (1) approval of admission of a child into the child placement program;
   2. (2) approval of the intake study;
   3. (3) approval of a specific residential child care facility, foster home, adoptive home, or guardianship home for the child's initial and any subsequent placement;
   4. (4) approval of licensing evaluations and home studies for foster homes;
   5. (5) professional supervision of less qualified or experienced staff, if any, including planning for staff development and corrective action in regard to child placement decisions.

(Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156)