Child and family team: Assignment; members; meetings.

1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall assign a child and family team for each child placed in a foster home. The agency which provides child welfare services is responsible for scheduling the meetings of the team. 2. The child and family team must include a foster parent or, if a foster parent is not available, another member of the direct care staff of the foster home and may include, without limitation: (a) The foster child, if appropriate; (b) The birth parent or legal guardian of the child; (c) Such professionals as are determined to be appropriate by the agency which provides child welfare services, which may include, without limitation, a psychologist, a teacher or an attorney; and (d) Any family member, care provider or other person who the agency which provides child welfare services determines is integral to the environment of the child or for the rehabilitation of the mental health of the child. 3. If any member of the child and family team is not able to attend a scheduled meeting of the team, he or she shall notify the agency which provides child welfare services and the agency which provides child welfare services shall determine whether to reschedule the meeting.