Iowa Code 237.17 – Foster care registry
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1. The state board shall establish a registry of the placements of all children receiving foster care. The agency responsible for the placement shall notify the state board of each placement in accordance with written protocols adopted pursuant to section 237.16, subsection 4. The notification shall include information identifying the child receiving foster care and placement information for that child.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 237.17
- Agency: means a person which provides child foster care and which does not meet the definition of an individual as defined under this section. See Iowa Code 237.1
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Child: means child as defined in section 234. See Iowa Code 237.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The agency responsible for the placement shall submit the case permanency plan and all case permanency plan revisions to a local board in accordance with written protocols adopted pursuant to section 237.16, subsection 4.