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...(A) Every other year by a date specified in rules adopted under section 5103.0316 of the Revised Code, each private child placing agency and private noncustodial agency that seeks to operate a preplacement training program or continuing training program under section 5103.034 of the Revised Code shall submit to the department of children and youth a proposal outlining the program. The proposal may be the same as, a m...

...rtment of justice national sex offender public web site regarding the person; (2) Obtain a summary report of a search of the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) of section 5103.18 of the Revised Code. (B) An institution or association, as defined in division (A)(1)(a) of section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, that is not a residential facility, as ...

...A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency acting as a recommending agency for a foster caregiver shall reimburse the foster caregiver in a lump sum for attending a preplacement training program operated under section 5103.034 or 5103.30 of the Revised Code and shall reimburse the foster caregiver a stipend for attending a continuing training program operated under...

...Except as provided in section 5103.303 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall compensate a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency for the cost of procuring or operating preplacement and continuing training programs approved by the department of children and youth under section 5103.038 of the Revised Code for prospective foster caregivers and foster caregivers who are rec...

...The department of children and youth shall adopt rules regarding the compensation of a recommending agency for any training the agency requires a foster caregiver to undergo as a condition of the agency recommending the department certify the foster caregiver's foster home under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the training is in excess of the training required under section 5103.031 of the Revised Code. The...

...The department of children and youth shall seek federal financial participation for the cost of making payments under section 5103.0312 of the Revised Code and allowances under sections 5103.0313 and 5103.303 of the Revised Code. The department shall notify the governor, president of the senate, minority leader of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and minority leader of the house of representatives...

...The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary for the efficient administration of sections 5103.031 to 5103.0316 of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for all of the following: (A) For the purpose of section 5103.038 of the Revised Code, the date by which a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency that seeks to oper...

...The director of children and youth shall adopt rules concerning the maximum number of children a foster home may receive and any exceptions to the maximum number.

...Any certified foster home shall be considered to be a residential use of property for purposes of municipal, county, and township zoning and shall be a permitted use in all zoning districts in which residential uses are permitted. No municipal, county, or township zoning regulation shall require a conditional permit or any other special exception certification for any certified foster home.

...t relates to the possession or use of a firearm, as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, during the commission of the act for which the child was adjudicated a delinquent child; (3) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (B) If a recommend...

...The department of children and youth may deny a foster home certificate on the grounds that a person at least twelve years of age but less than eighteen years of age residing with the foster caregiver or prospective foster caregiver has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense described in division (A) of section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code or has been adjudicated to be a delinquent child for committing an...

...On receipt of notice under section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code, the recommending agency shall do all of the following: (A) Review the foster caregiver's foster home certificate. After review, the agency may recommend that the department of children and youth revoke the certificate. (B) Review the placement in the foster home of any child of whom the agency has temporary, legal, or permanent custody. After rev...

...On receipt of a recommendation from a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency regarding an application for a family foster home or treatment foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall decide whether to issue the certificate. The department shall notify the agency and the applicant of its decision...

...ction, "American institute of certified public accountants auditing standards" and "AICPA auditing standards" mean the auditing standards published by the American institute of certified public accountants. (B) Not later than two years after the date of certification, and at least every two years thereafter, a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency shall provide the department of children and ...

...A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency to which the duty to inspect and approve a family foster home or treatment foster home has been delegated under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code shall provide for an assessor who meets the requirements of section 3107.014 of the Revised Code to conduct a home study of the home.

...ules governing visits and contacts by a public children services agency or private child placing agency with a child in the agency's custody and placed in foster care in this state. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to ensure compliance with the department's rules governing agency visits and contacts with a child in its custody.

...(A) A recommending agency may recommend that the department of children and youth revoke a foster home certificate under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the foster caregiver refused to accept the placement of any children into the foster home during the preceding twelve months. Based on the agency's recommendation, the department may revoke a foster home certificate pursuant to an adjudication under Chapter 11...

...Any physical examination required in the determination of foster home placement may be conducted by any individual authorized by the Revised Code to conduct physical examinations, including a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Any written documentation of the physical examination shall be completed by the individual who conducted the examina...

...(A) Not later than ninety-six hours after receiving notice from the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.5721 of the Revised Code that a foster caregiver has been arrested for, convicted of, or pleaded guilty to any foster caregiver-disqualifying offense, and not later than ninety-six hours after learning in any other manner that a foster caregiver has been...

...(A) A recommending agency may submit a request to the department of children and youth, on a case-by-case basis only, to waive any non-safety standards for a kinship caregiver seeking foster home certification. Non-safety standards include training hours and other requirements under sections 5103.031 and 5103.032 of the Revised Code and standards established by rules adopted under sections 5103.03 and 5103.0316 of th...

...ch association is desirable and for the public good. Amendments proposed to the articles of incorporation of any such association shall be submitted in like manner to the department, and the secretary of state shall not record such amendment or issue a certificate therefor until there is filed in the secretary of state's office the certificate of the department that it has examined such amendment, that the associa...

...ng agency, private noncustodial agency, public children services agency, or superintendent of a county or district children's home shall establish a community engagement plan in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section for each residential facility the agency, entity, or superintendent operates. (B) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of th...

...idential facility that is operated by a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or superintendent of a county or district children's home for the placement of foster children.

...r division (A) of this section is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the following: (1) The person who is the subject of the criminal records check or the person's representative; (2) The appointing or hiring officer requesting the criminal records check or the officer's representative; (3) The department of childre...

...Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (A) Divide the state into regions; (B) Determine an ideal number of residential facilities for each region by reviewing the total number of children in foster care in the region requiring care in a ...