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...(A) As used in this section, "social service professional" has the same meaning as in section 959.07 of the Revised Code. (B) For a first or subsequent violation of division (B)(1) of section 959.07 of the Revised Code by a social service professional, the entity with responsibility for employment oversight of that social service professional, as applicable, shall at minimum issue a confidential written warning to ...

...(A) Quarterly, the department of job and family services shall compile a report on public assistance programs in this state, including the following information: (1) Regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the number of: (a) Accounts with high balances, as determined by the department; (b) Out-of-state transactions; (c) Transactions when the final amount processed was a whole dollar amoun...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and in section 5103.033 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth may revoke a foster home certificate under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the foster caregiver fails to successfully complete continuing training in accordance with the foster caregiver's needs assessment and continuing training plan developed and implemented under section 5...

...(A) Private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies operating a preplacement or continuing training program approved by the department of children and youth under section 5103.038 of the Revised Code shall make the program available to a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver without regard to the type of recommending agency from which the prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver se...

...(A) For the purpose of determining whether a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver has satisfied the requirement of section 5103.031 or 5103.032 of the Revised Code, a recommending agency shall accept training obtained from either of the following: (1) Any preplacement or continuing training program approved by the department of children and youth under section 5103.038 of the Revised Code; (2) The O...

...(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) As used in this section, "group home" has the same meaning as "group home for children" in section 5103.05 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than two hundred seventy days after the effective date of this section, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish requirements regarding all of the following for group homes: (1) The use of the ...

...Not less than seventy-two hours before a public children services agency or private child placing agency enters into an agreement with a parent under division (B) of section 5103.15 of the Revised Code, an assessor shall meet in person with the parent and do both of the following: (A) Provide the parent with a copy of the written materials about adoption prepared by the department of children and youth under divis...

...ly as follows: Article I. Purpose and Policy. It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that: (A) Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable...

...The Ohio child welfare training program steering committee shall do all of the following: (A) Following procedures the committee shall establish, adopt, amend, and rescind by-laws as necessary regarding the committee's governance, frequency of meetings, and other matters concerning the committee's operation; (B) Conduct strategic planning activities regarding the Ohio child welfare training program; (C) Prov...

...(A) As used in sections 5103.50 to 5103.55 of the Revised Code, "private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement standards set forth in division (D) of this section and section 5103.54 of the Revised Code that are substantially sim...

...(A) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the following: (1) Policies and procedures for enforcing the minimum standards of operation for private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camps; (2) Procedures the director shall follow if the director determines that conditions at a camp pose imminent risk to the life, health, or safety of ...

...As used in sections 5103.58 and 5103.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Professional treatment staff" means a specialized foster home program agency employee or contractor with responsibility for any of the following: (1) Providing rehabilitative services to a child placed in a specialized foster home program or to the child's family; (2) Conducting home studies as an assessor for specialized foster homes; (3) Prov...

...The department of children and youth shall work with private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies to establish a comprehensive, competency-based professional treatment staff training program for employees of private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies that meets the requirements of division (B)(1) of section 5103.58 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A residential infant care center may provide residential care for up to ninety consecutive days to an infant placed by any of the following with legal custody of the infant: (1) A parent, guardian, or legal custodian; (2) A public children services agency; (3) A private child placing agency. (B) As used in this section, "legal custody" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A residential infant care center shall not be required to do the following: (1) Provide toilets or potty chairs for infants. (2) Comply with the following rules: (a) Paragraph (E) of rule 5101:2-5-09 of the Administrative Code. (b) Paragraphs (N) and (P) to (R) of rule 5101:2-9-03 of the Administrative Code. (c) Rule 5101:2-9-19 of the Administrative Code. (d) Paragraphs (A) to (H) of rule 5101:...

...(A) As used in this section, "firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (B) A residential infant care center that regularly maintains on its premises schedule II controlled substances, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, may do both of the following: (1) Maintain firearms at the facility; (2) Permit security personnel to bear firearms while on the grounds of the fac...

...A certified family preservation center shall do the following: (A) Obtain and maintain accreditation under the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities, the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations, or the council on accreditation for children and family services; (B) Obtain and maintain certification by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction services ; (C) Provi...

...(A) The director of children and youth shall do all of the following: (1) Provide or make available in either paper or electronic form to each licensee notice of proposed rules governing the licensure of child care centers, type A homes, and type B homes; (2) Give public notice of hearings regarding the proposed rules at least thirty days prior to the date of the public hearing, in accordance with section 119.0...

...(A) The director of children and youth is responsible for licensing child care centers, type A family child care homes, and type B family child care homes. Each entity operating a head start program shall meet the criteria for, and be licensed as, a child care center. The director is responsible for the enforcement of this chapter and of rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. No person, firm, organization, in...

...(A) If the department of children and youth determines that an act or omission of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home constitutes a serious risk noncompliance, the licensee shall notify the caretaker parent of each child receiving care in the center or home of the department's determination. (B) With respect to the notice required by division (A) of this se...

...(A) The director of children and youth, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules establishing a procedure and standards for the approval of child day camps that will enable an approved child day camp to receive public moneys pursuant to sections 5104.30 to 5104.39 of the Revised Code. The department of children and youth may charge a reasonable fee to inspect a child day camp to determine wheth...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, no child care center shall permit any person to smoke in any indoor or outdoor space that is part of the center. The administrator of a child care center shall post in a conspicuous place at the main entrance of the center a notice stating that smoking is prohibited in any indoor or outdoor space that is part of the center, except under the conditio...

...(A) Each county department of job and family services shall do all of the following: (1) Accept any gift, grant, or other funds from either public or private sources offered unconditionally or under conditions which are, in the judgment of the department, proper and consistent with this chapter and deposit the funds in the county public assistance fund established by section 5101.161 of the Revised Code; (2) Re...

...(A) In addition to the duties described in division (D) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth shall engage in activities to do the following: (1) Encourage the establishment and licensure of family child care homes in this state, especially in areas with the greatest need for child care; (2) Connect families and caretaker parents in need of child care with family child care ho...