- (a) The agency shall establish written criteria for admitting and excluding children.
- (b) The facility shall not admit any child for whom the facility cannot provide adequate care.
(c) Each child shall have a:
- (1) Medical exam no more than one (1) year before admission; or
- (2) Documented appointment date for an exam within one (1) week after admission.
(d) Each child shall have:
- (1) Proof of current immunizations;
- (2) A letter of exemption, in accordance with the Department of Health; or
- (3) A scheduled appointment within one (1) week after admission.
- (e) The facility shall obtain written verification of the placing agents’ authority to place the child within five (5) working days.
- (f) The facility shall obtain written authority for medical care for the child from the placing agent within seventy-two (72) hours.
- (g) The agency shall comply with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Arkansas Code § 9-29-201 et seq., when admitting children from outside Arkansas, if applicable.
- (h) The facility shall establish that all persons referred for admission are under eighteen (18) years of age at the time of admission.
- (i) Residents may remain in the program after reaching eighteen (18) years of age, with the reason for continued placement documented.
- (j) The facility may admit children from birth to eighteen (18) years of age.
- (k) The facility shall admit children for a maximum of ninety (90) days.
(l) At the time of admission, the following information shall be documented in the child’s record:
- (1) Name, signature, and role or relationship of the person who relinquished the child into care;
- (2) A brief description of the circumstances requiring admission;
- (3) The date and time of the admission;
- (4) A brief description of the child’s history, if known, including behavioral history;
- (5) Any known medical history and known current health conditions;
- (6) All medications currently prescribed for the child, if known and available; and
- (7) The child’s current behavior or known emotional condition.
- (m) Intake information shall be completed on each child in care within ten (10) working days after admission.
(n) The intake shall include:
(1) Demographic information on the child and parent or parents, including:
- (A) Name;
- (B) Address;
- (C) Birth date;
- (D) Gender;
- (E) Race; and
- (F) Religious preference;
- (2) A factual description of the circumstances requiring placement;
- (3) A brief social history of the family;
- (4) The child’s current legal status or custody; and
- (5) Any history of previous placements outside the family.
(o)
(1) The facility shall:
- (A) Obtain copies of legal documents within thirty (30) days of admission; or
- (B) Document its attempts to obtain the documents.
(2) The legal documents shall include without limitation:
- (A) Birth certificates;
- (B) Social Security cards; and
- (C) Court orders.
(p) A dependent juvenile child of a parent who is in the custody of the Division of Children and Family Services shall be subject to all rules regarding:
- (1) Space;
- (2) Ratio;
- (3) Health; and
- (4) Safety.
- (q) Facilities that have an adult program shall provide sleeping and living arrangements to ensure separation of adults from children.