30:4C-27.6 - Licensure required for resource family parents
30:4C-27.6 Licensure required for resource family parents.
4. a. A person shall not provide resource family care to a child unless the person is licensed by the department pursuant to this act. The license shall be issued to a specific person for a specific residence and shall not be transferable to another person or residence. The resource family parent shall maintain the license on file at the resource family home.
b.A person desiring to provide resource family care to a child shall apply to the department for a license in a manner and form prescribed by the commissioner.
c.A resource family parent applicant or resource family parent shall be of good moral character.
d.A resource family parent applicant or resource family parent, as applicable, shall:
(1)Complete the license application form provided by the department;
(2)Provide written consent for the division to conduct a check of its child abuse records pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.11) and the child abuse records in each state in which the prospective resource family parent has resided in the preceding five years;
(3)Provide written consent from each other adult member of the resource family parent applicant's household for the division to conduct a child abuse record information check on that person, and a child abuse record information check in each state in which that person has resided in the preceding five years; and
(4)Immediately notify the department when a new adult becomes a resident of the resource family parent applicant's or resource family parent's household in order to ensure that the department can conduct a criminal history record background check pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1985, c.396 (C.30:4C-26.8) and the division can conduct a child abuse record information check on the new adult household member.
e.As a condition of securing a license, the applicant shall participate in pre-service training in accordance with standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this act.
f.A resource family parent licensed pursuant to this act shall participate in pre-service and in-service training in accordance with standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this act.
L.2001, c.419, s.4; amended 2004, c.130, s.73; 2007, c.228, s.3.