Arizona Laws 8-514.06. Out-of-home placement; documents; definition
A. If a child who is in the custody of the department and who is at least sixteen years of age is placed in out-of-home placement, the out-of-home placement provider:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-514.06
- department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-501
- Foster home: means a home that is maintained by any individual or individuals having the care or control of minor children, other than those related to each other by blood or marriage, or related to such individuals, or who are legal wards of such individuals. See Arizona Laws 8-501
- Foster parent: means any individual or individuals maintaining a foster home. See Arizona Laws 8-501
- Out-of-home placement: means the placing of a child in the custody of an individual or agency other than with the child's parent or legal guardian and includes placement in temporary custody pursuant to section 8-821, voluntary placement pursuant to section 8-806 or placement due to dependency actions. See Arizona Laws 8-501
- Parent: means the natural or adoptive mother or father of a child. See Arizona Laws 8-501
1. Within sixty days after placement, shall obtain and provide the child access to the documents if the out-of-home placement provider is a child welfare agency.
2. May obtain and provide the child access to the documents if the out-of-home placement provider is a licensed foster home or a kinship foster home.
B. If an out-of-home placement provider requests a document pursuant to subsection A of this section and the department of child safety verifies the current placement, the department of health services or the department of transportation, as applicable, shall provide the out-of-home placement provider with the requested document that the relevant department maintains.
C. The department of health services shall waive any fees charged by an agency to provide a document prescribed by subsection A of this section.
D. The department of child safety shall provide a foster parent or kinship foster parent with the social security number of a child in the foster parent’s or kinship foster parent’s care for a lawful purpose within ninety days after the foster parent’s or kinship foster parent’s request.
E. The department of child safety shall provide a child who is in its custody and who is at least fourteen years of age with the child’s social security card within one hundred twenty days after receipt of a written request from the child.
F. The department shall request a birth certificate for a child who is in the custody of the department and who is placed in out-of-home placement within thirty days after the child’s placement, unless the child is returned to custody of the child’s parent within that thirty-day period.
G. For the purposes of this section, "documents" means all of the following:
1. The child’s birth certificate.
2. The child’s nonoperating identification license.
3. The child’s immunization records.