Placement oversight shall be provided pursuant to this division when the parent, guardian, or custodian of a child with mental retardation or other developmental disability requests placement of the child for a period of more than thirty days. The oversight shall be provided through review of the placement every six months by the department's foster care review committees or by a local citizen foster care review board. Court oversight shall be provided prior to the initial placement and at periodic intervals which shall not exceed twelve months. It is the purpose and policy of this division to assure the existence of oversight safeguards as required by the federal Child Welfare Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-272, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 671(a)(16), 627(a)(2)(B), and 675(1),(5), while maintaining parental decision-making authority.
89 Acts, ch 169, § 2; 92 Acts, ch 1141, § 2; 92 Acts, ch 1229, § 11; 97 Acts, ch 99, § 7
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