R512-310-3. Highlights

(1) A child who comes into out-of-home care may participate in age-appropriate activities for the child's emotional well-being and development of valuable life-coping skills. (2) Child and Family Services shall make efforts to normalize the lives of children in the custody of Child and Family Services and to empower a caregiver to approve or disapprove a child's participation in activities based on the caregiver's own assessment using a reasonable and prudent parent standard, without prior approval of Child and Family Services. (3) Child and Family Services shall allow a caregiver to make important decisions, similar to the decisions that a parent may make, regarding the child's participation in activities. (4) Child and Family Services will verify that private agencies providing out-of-home placement under contract with Child and Family Services promote and protect the ability of a child to participate in age-appropriate activities. (5) A caregiver is not liable for harm caused to a child in an out-of-home placement if the child participates in an activity approved by the caregiver, provided that the caregiver has acted in accordance with a reasonable and prudent parent standard. (6) Child and Family Services will provide training to caregivers and providers regarding how to use and apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard.