8-514.06. Out-of-home placement; documents; definition
A. If a child who is in the custody of the department and who is at least sixteen years of age is placed in out-of-home placement, the out-of-home placement provider:
1. Within sixty days after placement, shall obtain and provide the child access to the documents if the out-of-home placement provider is a child welfare agency.
2. May obtain and provide the child access to the documents if the out-of-home placement provider is a licensed foster home or a kinship foster home.
B. If an out-of-home placement provider requests a document pursuant to subsection A of this section and the department of child safety verifies the current placement, the department of health services or the department of transportation, as applicable, shall provide the out-of-home placement provider with the requested document that the relevant department maintains.
C. The department of health services shall waive any fees charged by an agency to provide a document prescribed by subsection A of this section.
D. The department of child safety shall provide a foster parent or kinship foster parent with the social security number of a child in the foster parent's or kinship foster parent's care for a lawful purpose within ninety days after the foster parent's or kinship foster parent's request.
E. The department of child safety shall provide a child who is in its custody and who is at least fourteen years of age with the child's social security card within one hundred twenty days after receipt of a written request from the child.
F. The department shall request a birth certificate for a child who is in the custody of the department and who is placed in out-of-home placement within thirty days after the child's placement, unless the child is returned to custody of the child's parent within that thirty-day period.
G. For the purposes of this section, " documents" means all of the following:
1. The child's birth certificate.
2. The child's nonoperating identification license.
3. The child's immunization records.
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