232.175 - PLACEMENT OVERSIGHT.
232.175 PLACEMENT OVERSIGHT.
Placement oversight shall be provided pursuant to this division
when the parent, guardian, or custodian of a child with mental
retardation or other developmental disability requests placement of
the child in foster family care for a period of more than thirty
days. The oversight shall be provided through review of the
placement every six months by the department's foster care review
committees or by a local citizen foster care review board. Court
oversight shall be provided prior to the initial placement and at
periodic intervals which shall not exceed twelve months. It is the
purpose and policy of this division to assure the existence of
oversight safeguards as required by the federal Child Welfare Act of
1980, Pub. L. No. 96-272, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 671(a)(16),
627(a)(2)(B), and 675(1),(5), while maintaining parental
decision-making authority. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 169, § 2; 92 Acts, ch 1141, § 2; 92 Acts, ch 1229, §
11; 97 Acts, ch 99, § 7; 99 Acts, ch 111, §1, 7
1999 amendment is effective September 6, 2000; 99 Acts, ch 111, §
7