75-03-36-18. Disaster plan.

The child-placing agency shall have a written disaster plan to accommodate emergencies. The disaster plan must specify:

1. Employee roles and responsibilities;

2. Processes to ensure ongoing communication is maintained with children in placement, foster care providers, or prospective adoptive parents and employees;

3. Primary and alternate plans for evacuation to ensure continuity of services, including workspace and ongoing access to relevant child-placing agency files; and

4. Supervision of employees, nonemployees, children in placement, foster care providers, and prospective adoptive parents after evacuation or relocation.

History: Effective April 1, 2010; amended effective April 1, 2024.

General Authority: NDCC 50-11-03, 50-12-05

Law Implemented: NDCC 50-12-07