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     245A.156 Disclosure of communicable disease to licensed 
  foster care providers. 

    Subdivision 1.    Licensed foster care.  This section 
 applies to county agencies, private child-placing agencies, and 
 individuals who place children or adults who have a known 
 communicable disease, as defined in section 144.4172, 
 subdivision 2, in foster care settings licensed under this 
 chapter. 

    Subd. 2.    Placing agency's or individual's duties.  
 Notwithstanding section 144.335, before a county or private 
 child-placing agency or individual places a child or adult with 
 a known communicable disease with a licensed foster care 
 provider, the agency or individual must: 

    (1) disclose to the foster care license holder the 
 individual's communicable disease; and 

    (2) determine that the foster care provider has the ability 
 to provide care to the individual. 

    HIST: 2002 c 290 s 1 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.