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NORTH DAKOTA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE 75. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
ARTICLE 3. COMMUNITY SERVICES
CHAPTER 36. LICENSING OF CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Date:
08/31/2009
Document:
75-03-36-17. Critical incident reporting.
The child-placing agency shall have written policy outlining the critical incident recording and reporting process to the regional supervisor, and parent or custodian of the child, if any, when any of the following occurs:
1. An incident requires the services of law enforcement, including in the case of a runaway or an absent child;
2. A serious injury or trauma of a child in foster care, including a child placed for adoption, that requires the services of a medical practitioner;
3. Damage to a foster parent"s home which could affect compliance with licensing standards,including damage caused by fire, natural disaster, or other incident, which would cause any kind of major structural damage affecting the safety or shelter of the child or children in foster care;
4. Extended failures that are not repairable within a twenty-four-hour period, including heating, electrical, plumbing, or safety warning in the foster home or the home in which the child is placed for adoption;
5. The death of a child placed in a home by the child-placing agency;
6. Any attempt at suicide by a child placed in a foster home, including a child placed for adoption, by the licensed child-placing agency;
7. Pregnancy of a child placed in a foster home, including a child placed for adoption;
8. Criminal activity by the foster or adoptive parent;
9. An assault on a staff person or family foster home member by a foster child that requires medical attention by a medical practitioner;
10. Outbreak of a serious communicable disease;
11. Any condition requiring closure of the child-placing agency or family foster home; and
12. Any behavior involving a foster child, including a child placed for adoption, that results in a serious threatening situation of harm to the family members, staff, or other foster children.
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