Legislation
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Care and Protection of Children
Social Services (SOS) CHAPTER 55, ARTICLE 6
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CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
Section 371. Definitions.
371-a. Procedure.
371-b. Citizen review panels.
372. Records and reports.
372-b. Adoption services.
372-c. Putative father registry.
372-d. Adoption services; purchase by department.
372-e. Adoption applications; appeals.
372-f. Statewide adoption service.
372-g. Abandoned infant protection program.
372-h. Reporting on post adoption services.
373. Religious faith.
373-a. Medical histories.
374. Authority to place out or board out children.
374-a. Interstate compact on the placement of children.
374-b. Authority to operate agency boarding home.
374-c. Authority to operate group homes.
374-d. Authority to operate public institutions for children.
374-e. Authority to place out or board out children with
therapeutic foster parents.
374-f. Authority to enter into leases for dwelling units.
375. Requirement of certificate or license to board
children.
376. Certificate to board children and/or minors under age
of eighteen years.
377. License to board children.
378. Form, duration and limitation of certificates and
licenses.
378-a. Access to conviction records by authorized agencies.
379. Revocation of certificates and licenses.
380. Boarding and free homes; records.
381. Maternity homes; records and reports.
382. Responsibility for children without state residence;
license and board.
383. Care and custody of children.
383-a. Immunity from liability for application of the
reasonable and prudent parent standard.
383-b. Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute
children; consent of commissioners.
383-c. Guardianship and custody of children in foster care.
384. Guardianship and custody of children not in foster
care.
384-a. Transfer of care and custody of children.
384-b. Guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent
children; commitment by court order; modification of
commitment and restoration of parental rights.
384-c. Notice in certain proceedings to fathers of children
born out-of-wedlock.
385. Orders; prohibiting placing out or boarding out;
removal.
386. Visitation; inspection and supervision.
387. Ineligibility for public foster care funds; fiscal
penalties.
388. Special charters.
389. Penalty for violations.
390. Child day care; license or registration required.
390-a. Standards and training for child day care.
390-b. Criminal history review and background clearances of
child care providers, generally.
390-c. Notice of pesticide applications.
390-c*2. Additional powers and duties of the office of children
and family services.
390-d. Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools
and bodies of water on the grounds of family day care
homes or group family day care homes.
390-e. Criminal history review; mentoring programs.
390-f. Report on child care insurance.
390-g. Pesticide alternatives.
390-h. Notice requirement before closing certain day care
centers.
390-i. Notice of inspection report.
390-j. Performance summary card in a city having a population
of one million or more.
390-k. Child care availability taskforce.
390-l. Securing of furniture.
390-m. Window coverings.
391. Violation; injunction.
392. Services for relative caregivers.
393. Court review of placement in a qualified residential
treatment program.
393*2. Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody
or adoption proceedings.
CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
Section 371. Definitions.
371-a. Procedure.
371-b. Citizen review panels.
372. Records and reports.
372-b. Adoption services.
372-c. Putative father registry.
372-d. Adoption services; purchase by department.
372-e. Adoption applications; appeals.
372-f. Statewide adoption service.
372-g. Abandoned infant protection program.
372-h. Reporting on post adoption services.
373. Religious faith.
373-a. Medical histories.
374. Authority to place out or board out children.
374-a. Interstate compact on the placement of children.
374-b. Authority to operate agency boarding home.
374-c. Authority to operate group homes.
374-d. Authority to operate public institutions for children.
374-e. Authority to place out or board out children with
therapeutic foster parents.
374-f. Authority to enter into leases for dwelling units.
375. Requirement of certificate or license to board
children.
376. Certificate to board children and/or minors under age
of eighteen years.
377. License to board children.
378. Form, duration and limitation of certificates and
licenses.
378-a. Access to conviction records by authorized agencies.
379. Revocation of certificates and licenses.
380. Boarding and free homes; records.
381. Maternity homes; records and reports.
382. Responsibility for children without state residence;
license and board.
383. Care and custody of children.
383-a. Immunity from liability for application of the
reasonable and prudent parent standard.
383-b. Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute
children; consent of commissioners.
383-c. Guardianship and custody of children in foster care.
384. Guardianship and custody of children not in foster
care.
384-a. Transfer of care and custody of children.
384-b. Guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent
children; commitment by court order; modification of
commitment and restoration of parental rights.
384-c. Notice in certain proceedings to fathers of children
born out-of-wedlock.
385. Orders; prohibiting placing out or boarding out;
removal.
386. Visitation; inspection and supervision.
387. Ineligibility for public foster care funds; fiscal
penalties.
388. Special charters.
389. Penalty for violations.
390. Child day care; license or registration required.
390-a. Standards and training for child day care.
390-b. Criminal history review and background clearances of
child care providers, generally.
390-c. Notice of pesticide applications.
390-c*2. Additional powers and duties of the office of children
and family services.
390-d. Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools
and bodies of water on the grounds of family day care
homes or group family day care homes.
390-e. Criminal history review; mentoring programs.
390-f. Report on child care insurance.
390-g. Pesticide alternatives.
390-h. Notice requirement before closing certain day care
centers.
390-i. Notice of inspection report.
390-j. Performance summary card in a city having a population
of one million or more.
390-k. Child care availability taskforce.
390-l. Securing of furniture.
390-m. Window coverings.
391. Violation; injunction.
392. Services for relative caregivers.
393. Court review of placement in a qualified residential
treatment program.
393*2. Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody
or adoption proceedings.