Staff performing intake services, direct services to children and families, case management, family education and support, liaison services, assessment studies for foster care, and adoptive services must have, at a minimum, an associate's degree in the social sciences or human services field and be supervised according to § 67:42:09:07. Staff may not have on record a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect.

Cross-References: Standard requirements and responsibilities in the provision of client services, § 67:42:09:13; Screening for substantiated reports of abuse and neglect, § 67:42:01:05.02.

Source: 12 SDR 187, effective May 29, 1986; 20 SDR 223, effective July 7, 1994; 47 SDR 24, effective September 10, 2020.

General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16 (6) .

Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-16 (6) .

Prior versions effective: 1994-07-01.