WSR 97-23-050

INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

[Filed November 17, 1997, 2:36 p.m.]

Document Title: DSHS Administrative Policy 6.16.

Subject: DSHS employees - foster care licensing and adoption certification.

Effective Date: October 10, 1997.

Document Description: The document outlined conditions under which the Department of Social and Health Services employees may be licensed as foster parents or certified as adoptive parents. It required that all the Department of Social and Health Services employees seeking or possessing a family foster home license must obtain that license by certification through a private child placing agency. Employees seeking certification for adoption could apply through the department or a private agency. The policy was rescinded October 10, 1997, to provide for the union/management negotiation process to take place.

To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statement, contact Art Cantrall, Mailstop 45710, P.O. Box 45710, Olympia, WA 98504-5710, phone (360) 902-7956, TDD (360) 902-7906, FAX (360) 902-7903, e-mail CANA300@dshs.wa.gov.

October 29, 1997