Ariz. Admin. Code § 21-6-302

Current through Register Vol. 31, No. 2, January 10, 2025

Section R21-6-302 - Requirements for Household Members

A. The applicant shall ensure that each adult household member participates in interviews necessary to evaluate the:

1. Role of the household member in the care and supervision of a foster child, and

2. Household member's support of and agreement with the applicant's decision to be licensed.

B. The applicant shall ensure that each adult household member provides the licensing agency with:

1. Information and consents needed to conduct background checks with the protective service registries in Arizona, and, if applicable, with the registries in other states the household member has lived in during the previous five years;

2. A completed health self-disclosure;

3. A physician's statement under R21-6-301(A)(5)(iii) if the household member will be providing care and supervision for a foster child;

4. A criminal record self-disclosure; and

5. Verification that the household member has a valid Level One fingerprint clearance card.

C. The applicant shall provide available immunization records that have been updated, as necessary, for each child household member. In accordance with A.R.S. § 8-509(I), the lack of updated or available immunization records shall not prohibit licensure, but may be grounds for restricting the license to prevent the placement of infants, young children, and medically complex individuals.

D. If a person, other than a foster child, moves into the household during the term of the license, the licensee shall:

1. Notify the licensing agency of additions to the household in accordance with R21-6-411;

2. Ensure that each new household member complies with the requirements specified in subsections (A), (B), and (C); and

3. Notify the licensing agency and obtain OLR approval of proposed changes in the sleeping arrangements for each household member and for each foster child.

E. The applicant's awareness that a household member failed to disclose full and accurate information may constitute grounds for an adverse licensing action if the applicant does not attempt to inform the licensing agency of the incomplete or inaccurate information.

F. Failure by a household member to pass a protective services registries background check, to obtain a fingerprint clearance card, or to cooperate with the licensing process may result in an adverse licensing action.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R21-6-302

New section made by exempt rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 3479, effective 1/24/2016.