2021 West Virginia Code
Chapter 49. Child Welfare
Article 9. Foster Care Ombudsman Program
§49-9-104. Access to Records
(a) The Foster Care Ombudsman is allowed access to any foster childs, foster parents or kinship parents records, including medical records reasonably necessary to any investigation, without fee.
(b) The Foster Care Ombudsman is allowed access to all records of any foster family home, state agency, child-placing agency, or residential care facility that is reasonably necessary for the investigation of a complaint, including, but not limited to, incident reports; dietary records; policies and procedures that a foster family home, a state agency, a child-placing agency, or a residential care facility are required to maintain under federal or state law; admission agreements; staffing schedules; or any document depicting the actual staffing pattern.
