- (1) A child who comes into out-of-home care may participate in age-appropriate activities for the child's emotional well-being and development of valuable life-coping skills.
- (2) Child and Family Services shall make efforts to normalize the lives of children in the custody of Child and Family Services and to empower a caregiver to approve or disapprove a child's participation in activities based on the caregiver's own assessment using a reasonable and prudent parent standard, without prior approval of Child and Family Services.
- (3) Child and Family Services shall allow a caregiver to make important decisions, similar to the decisions that a parent may make, regarding the child's participation in activities.
- (4) Child and Family Services will verify that private agencies providing out-of-home placement under contract with Child and Family Services promote and protect the ability of a child to participate in age-appropriate activities.
- (5) A caregiver is not liable for harm caused to a child in an out-of-home placement if the child participates in an activity approved by the caregiver, provided that the caregiver has acted in accordance with a reasonable and prudent parent standard.
- (6) Child and Family Services will provide training to caregivers and providers regarding how to use and apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard.
KEY: child welfare, foster care
Date of Last Change: August 15, 2023
Notice of Continuation: May 29, 2024
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 80-2-301; 80-2-302; 80-2-308