Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024
Section 8.10.6.10 - FOSTER CARE CANDIDACY DETERMINATIONA. The IHS practitioner shall make a foster care candidacy determination for each child in a family receiving IHS. A child may be considered a foster care candidate when a child is determined to be conditionally safe and the risk of maltreatment is moderate or high, or when a child is determined to be unsafe.B. A child may be determined to be a foster care candidate at any point during the IHS case when there has been a change in a family's circumstances that affects the safety of a child.C. Once a child has been initially determined a foster care candidate, then the foster care candidacy is re-determined for the child every six months.8.10.6.10 NMAC - Rp, 8.10.6.10 NMAC, 10/30/08; 8.10.6.10 NMAC - N, 02/29/12, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 05, March 15, 2016, eff. 3/15/2016