(a)Except as provided in subsections (b) and
(c) [subsection (b)] of this section, a child-care
administrator can be an administrator for two residential child-care
operations, including a child-placing agency, if:
(1)Both operations are in good standing with Licensing;
(2)The size and scope of the operations are manageable
by one person, which is clarified in the written professional staffing
plans;
(3)The child-placing agency, if applicable, is not
managing more than 25 foster homes;
(4)The person also holds a valid full Child-Placing
Agency Administrator License, if the second operation is a child-placing
agency [applicable]; and
(5)The general residential operations [and/or
RTCs] are contiguous. A child-placing agency does not have to
be contiguous.
(b)An operation that provides emergency care services
must designate an employee in the staffing plan that is solely responsible
for administering those services. This employee must have the experience
and background to be able to perform the child-care administrator
responsibilities. See §748.535 of this title (relating to What
responsibilities must the child-care administrator have?). A designated
employee, other than the child-care administrator for the operation,
is not required if the emergency care services program has a capacity
of not more than 30 children.
(c)A child-care administrator with
a provisional child-care administrator's license may only serve as
a licensed administrator at one residential child-care operation.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed
with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 10, 2023
TRD-202301717 Karen Ray
Chief Counsel
Health and Human Services Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: June 25, 2023
For further information, please call: (512) 438-3269
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