Sec. 8b.
(1) Upon the recommendation of a local foster care review board under section 7a of 1984 PA 422, MCL 722.137, or of a child placing agency, the department may grant a variance to 1 or more licensing rules or statutes regulating foster family homes or foster family group homes to allow the child and 1 or more siblings to remain or be placed together. If the department determines that such a placement would be in the child's best interests and that the variance from the particular licensing rules or statutes would not jeopardize the health or safety of a child residing in the foster family home or foster family group home, the department may grant the variance.
(2) The department's grant of a variance does not change a private home's licensure status.
History: Add. 1997, Act 165, Eff. Mar. 31, 1998
Last modified: October 10, 2016