Section He-C 6355.09 - Requirements for Written Policies of a Foster Care Program The program shall have written policies and procedures on:
(a) The referral, admission and discharge process;(b) Recruiting and screening of foster parents;(c) Matching of youth with foster parents;(d) The services provided to both the foster family and the child's family to promote permanency and support continued family involvement through placement;(e) Respite care options;(f) The array of social and clinical services provided and limitations or conditions for use;(g) The foster care program's processes for: (2) Discharging a child; and(h) The foster care program's general behavioral and conduct expectations of children including discipline, conduct and management of children's adverse behaviors, including: (1) The methods and tools used for the creation of the individualized treatment plan;(2) The child management techniques identified to assist foster parents and or staff in making decisions regarding children's behavior;(3) Acceptable and unacceptable foster parents and or staff responses to inappropriate behavior;(4) The procedures and requirements for reporting and documenting events governed by RSA 126-U;(5) The guidelines for using timeout, seclusion and physical intervention in accordance with RSA 126-U and He-C 4001; and(6) Documentation, by foster parents and staff, of inappropriate behaviors of children and interventions used in response to the child's conduct;(7) Obtaining emergency services by foster parents and staff, for children who are demonstrating behaviors that are a threat to self or others;(8) Documentation and reporting of incidents;(9) Documentation and reporting of inappropriate conduct of foster parents and staff; and(10) Use of seclusion and restraint in accordance with RSA 126-U.(i) The foster care program's record keeping policies regarding confidentiality; and(j) The foster care program's administrative procedures.N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6355.09
Amended byVolume XXXIV Number 33, Filed August 14, 2014, Proposed by #10640, Effective 7/29/2014, Expires7/26/2015.Amended byVolume XXXV Number 10, Filed March 12, 2015, Proposed by #10783, Effective 2/13/2015, Expires2/13/2025.