Family/legal representatives retain custody of their child at all times when the child is receiving services in the CCSS program. Family/legal representative responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Maintain ongoing and regular contact with their child;
(2) Agree to work cooperatively with their child's DDA CRM/SW/SSS, and other DSHS staff and persons caring for the child;
(3) Participate in decision making for the child;
(4) The right to make all nonemergency decisions about medical care, enlistment in military service, marriage and other important legal decisions for the person under eighteen years of age; and
(5) Agree that if their child's CCSS placement disrupts, their child will return to the parents physical care until a new placement is developed.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
71A.12.030 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 30. WSR 15-08-081, § 388-833-0045, filed 3/31/15, effective 5/1/15.]