- A. The local department may request and the provider may receive a permanent or temporary waiver from the department on a standard if the waiver does not jeopardize the safety and proper care of the child or violate federal or state laws or local ordinances.
- B. To allow children to be placed with kinship foster parents, temporary waivers may be granted for preservice training, completion of a mutual family assessment, tuberculosis assessment, screening, or tests and physical examinations for a period not to exceed six months. Permanent waivers related to standards for the home of a provider as referenced in 22VAC40-211-70 may be granted to kinship foster parents.
- C. If a provider is granted a waiver and is in compliance with all other requirements of this chapter, the provider is considered fully approved.
- D. Any temporary waivers granted are for a period not to exceed six months. Before the end of the six-month period, the kinship foster parent must have completed all requirements that had previously been waived under subsection B of this section.
- E. Any permanent waivers granted are considered on a case-by-case basis and must be reviewed on an annual basis by the department.
Statutory Authority
§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-319 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 24, eff. September 2, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 35, Issue 5, eff. December 1, 2018; Volume 37, Issue 2, eff. October 15, 2020.