As a condition for initial licensure, each individual licensee shall complete twelve hours of foster parent training offered or approved by the department. Prior to annual renewal of licensure, each individual licensee shall also complete six hours of foster parent training. The training shall include but is not limited to physical care, education, learning disabilities, referral to and receipt of necessary professional services, behavioral assessment and modification, self-assessment, self-living skills, and biological parent contact. An individual licensee may complete the training as part of an approved training program offered by a public or private agency with expertise in the provision of child foster care or in related subject areas. The department shall adopt rules to implement and enforce this training requirement.
84 Acts, ch 1279, § 25; 87 Acts, ch 117, § 1
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