The department or child placement agency shall base its decision to issue a license upon a written home study of the family foster parent applicant. The department or child placement agency shall keep the written home study in the applicant's file.

A family foster parent must be licensed and supervised by the department or a child placement agency. A licensed foster parent shall inform the agency which has licensed the foster parent upon accepting a child from another placement agency or from a parent or guardian.

Source: 4 SDR 2, effective July 25, 1977; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 11 SDR 101, effective February 3, 1985; 39 SDR 220, effective June 27, 2013.

General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-13 , 26-6-16.