9 CAR § 30-504. Intake and assessment

(a) Intake information shall be completed on each child in care within ten (10) working days after admission. (b) The intake information shall include: (1) Demographic information on the child and parent or parents, including: (A) Name; (B) Address; (C) Birthdate; (D) Gender; (E) Race; and (F) Religious preference; (2) A factual description of the circumstances requiring placement; (3) A brief social history of the family; (4) The child’s current legal status or custody; (5) Any history of previous placements outside the family, if applicable; (6) An assessment of services needed to ensure the health and welfare of the child, including medical history and psychological history; (7) A description of the offense or sexually maladaptive behavior, including police reports and victim statements, if available; (8) A psychosexual assessment, if available; and (9) A discharge summary from previous rehabilitative-specific treatment, if applicable and available. (c)(1) The agency shall: (A) Obtain copies of legal documents within thirty (30) days of admission; or (B) Document its attempts to obtain the documents. (2) The legal documents shall include without limitation: (A) Birth certificates; (B) Social Security cards; and (C) Court orders. (d)(1) A psychosexual evaluation shall be conducted by a licensed mental health professional, as recognized by the Arkansas Medicaid Program, who: (A) Is a member of the Association for the Treatment & Prevention of Sexual Abuse; or (B) Has forty (40) hours of sexual rehabilitative treatment training. (2) The evaluation shall be completed within the past twelve (12) months or within seven (7) days following the admission of the child. (e)(1) Each child shall have been evaluated for intellectual ability, learning disabilities, and language disorders within the past eighteen (18) months. (2) If a child is admitted without an evaluation, the evaluation shall be completed within thirty (30) days of admission. (f) A plan of safe care shall be developed for all children with physical limitations, medical conditions, or behaviors that are indicative of harm to self or others, to include without limitation: (1) Arson; (2) Physical aggression; (3) Sexual aggression; or (4) Suicidal behaviors or other self-harming tendencies. (g)(1) This plan shall: (A) Identify the behavior or problem; and (B) Specify the safeguards that are to be implemented. (2) A copy of the plan shall be provided to the direct caregiver or caregivers, as well as a copy being placed in the child’s case file.