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Title 7 . Health and Social Services
Chapter 53 . (Reserved)
Section 140. Definitions

7 AAC 53.140. Definitions

Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 7 AAC 53.010 - 7 AAC 53.140,

(1) "child's placement plan" means a plan developed to ensure appropriate goals and objectives for a child placed in foster care, including identification of the person responsible for implementing provisions of the plan; however, a placement plan is not a full case plan for a family with a child in foster care;

(2) "department" means the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services;

(3) repealed 3/31/2005;

(4) "foster care" means care and services provided to a child in a foster home licensed under 7 AAC 50.005 - 7 AAC 50.990;

(5) "foster parent" means an individual providing care in a licensed foster home for children who are in the custody of the department and who are placed by the department;

(6) "placed" means put in a foster home under authority of the department;

(7) repealed 3/31/2005;

(8) "specialized care and services" are advanced foster care service levels designed to meet the higher difficulty-of-care levels of children and their families;

(9) "state" means the State of Alaska.

History: Eff. 11/23/78, Register 68; am 3/31/82, Register 81; am 7/1/90, Register 114; am 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/31/2005, Register 173

Authority: AS 47.05.010

AS 47.14.010

Editor's note: The substance of 7 AAC 53.140 was formerly contained in 7 AAC 50.850.


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