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2017 Utah Code
Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code
Chapter 2 - Licensure of Programs and Facilities
Section 116.5 - Numerical limit of foster children in a foster home.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 62A-2-116.5 (2017)
Effective 5/9/2017
62A-2-116.5. Numerical limit of foster children in a foster home.
Enacted by Chapter 29, 2017 General Session
62A-2-116.5. Numerical limit of foster children in a foster home.
- (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3), no more than:
- (a) four foster children may reside in the foster home of a licensed foster parent; or
- (b) three foster children may reside in the foster home of a certified foster parent.
- (2) When placing a sibling group into a foster home, the limits in Subsection (1) may be exceeded if:
- (a) no other foster children reside in the foster home;
- (b) only one other foster child resides in the foster home at the time of a sibling group's placement into the foster home; or
- (c) a sibling group re-enters foster care and is placed into the foster home where the sibling group previously resided.
- (3) When placing a child into a foster home, the limits in Subsection (1) may be exceeded:
- (a) to place a child into a foster home where a sibling of the child currently resides; or
- (b) to place a child in a foster home where the child previously resided.
Enacted by Chapter 29, 2017 General Session
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