Volume 7 Regulations Quiz

What is the maximum number of foster children that can be placed in a licensed foster home at any given time?

The licensing authority must receive how many written statements which describe the applying foster parents' character, interpersonal relations, and ability to provide care for foster children from references? 

Smoking is permitted inside the foster home and inside the provider's motor vehicle when child(ren) are in placement.

Any weapons such as firearms, air riles, bows, hunting knives or hunting sling shots shall be unstrung and unloaded at all times when foster children are in the home and shall be stored in locked containers out of the reach of children. 

The family foster home, including indoor and outdoor space is NOT required to be maintained in a clean and safe condition, free from hazards to health and safety. 

Gas space heaters, open-flame gas or oil stoves, hot plates, or unvented heaters can be used in the family foster care home for heating purposes.

A family foster care home can arrange for a qualified substitute caregiver to provide temporary supervision and care to the foster children in the child(ren's) identified foster home. 

If the substitute care is required for more than ____ hours including overnight care, the sustaitute care provider must be at least 18 years of age, trained in first aid and CPR, and must have completed the following background checks: CBI/FBIState's automated system

Except for emergency placement, foster children over the age of 18 months shall not sleep in the same room as unrelated adults on a regular basis. 

A foster family may care for more than two infants under the age of two years (including birth, adoptive or foster children) at one time. 

A foster child has a right to communicate with "significant others" outside the family foster care home, such as a parent or guardian, caseworker, attorney or guardian ad litem, current therapist, physician, religious advisor and probation officer. 

Basic rights MAY be denied as a disciplinary measure for foster children. 

When using separation as discipline, a foster child DOES NOT have to be within hearing of an adult and can be isolated in a bathroom, closet or pantry. 

A foster care home shall prohibit all cruel and unusual discipline including denial of sleep, denial of shelter, clothing or bedding and withholding of emotional response or stimulation. 

A foster child shall not be coerced or forced to participate in the religious activities of the family foster care home or to attend religious services. 

A foster care home shall involve a foster child in activities appropriate to his/her identity, including, but not limited to, considerations of the child's family, community, neighborhood, school activities, friends, and the child's and family's primary language. 

The family foster care home shall obtain written authorization from the prescribing physician to administer any non-prescriptive medications. 

Emergency drills should be held at the same time under the same conditions each time. 

A family foster home is not required to ensure that each foster child is provided with the transportation necessary for implementing the foster child's family services plan. 

The family foster care home shall immediately notify the foster child's parent(s), guardian(s), and/or the responsible agency of any serious illness or serious injury resulting medical treatment away from the family foster care home, hospitalization or death involving a foster child in care. 

The unfavorable report from any medical evaluation concerning the physical, mental health or emotional stability of any foster care parent or applicant must be evaluated and may be grounds for denial, revocation or making probationary of a foster care certificate.

The certifying authority is not required to create a training development plan for each foster parent(s) to document the strengths and competencies of the foster parent(s) and to identify those areas in which additional training is needed. 

The certifying authority can waive non-safety standards for prospective or current kinship family foster care providers.