Section 20. Scope and applicability

This regulation shall apply to child-placing agencies as defined in § 63.2-100 of the Code of Virginia and in 22VAC40-131. It shall specifically apply to the following:

1. Licensed child-placing agencies that provide foster care services as stipulated in this chapter. Specific sections also apply to or impact the foster parents approved by them;

2. Licensed child-placing agencies that provide adoption services as stipulated in this chapter. Specific sections also apply to or impact the adoptive applicants;

3. Licensed child-placing agencies that provide interstate or intercountry services as stipulated in this chapter;

4. Licensed child-placing agencies that provide independent living arrangements as stipulated in this chapter;

5. Licensed child-placing agencies that provide treatment foster care case management services as stipulated in this chapter. Specific sections also apply to or impact the treatment foster parents approved by them; and

6. Local departments of social services certified by the department to provide treatment foster care case management services as stipulated in this chapter. Specific sections apply to or impact the treatment foster parents approved by them.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 28, Issue 10, eff. May 1, 2012.

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-1734 of the Code of Virginia.