Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5103 - Placement Of Children

• Section 5103.01 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-2000
• Section 5103.02 - Placement Of Children Definitions.
  As used in sections 5103.03 to 5103.17 of the Revised Code: (A) (1) "Association" or "institution" includes all of the following: (a) Any incorporated...
• Section 5103.03 - Rules For Adequate And Competent Management Of Institutions Or Associations.
  (A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules as necessary for the adequate and competent management of institutions or associations. The...
• Section 5103.031 - Preplacement Training.
  Except as provided in section 5103.033 of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services may not issue a certificate under section...
• Section 5103.032 - Continuing Training.
  (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section and in section 5103.033 of the Revised Code and subject to...
• Section 5103.033 - Training Required Where Child Was Less Than Six Months Of Age At Time Of Temporary Custody Agreement.
  (A) The department of job and family services may issue or renew a certificate under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code to a foster...
• Section 5103.034 - Making Training Programs Available.
  (A) Private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies operating a preplacement or continuing training program approved by the department of job and family...
• Section 5103.035 - Needs Assessment And Continuing Training Plan.
  A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency acting as a recommending agency for a foster caregiver shall develop...
• Section 5103.036 - Accepting Training From Other Programs.
  (A) For the purpose of determining whether a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver has satisfied the requirement of section 5103.031 or 5103.032 of...
• Section 5103.037 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004; 09-03-2004; 09-21-2006
• Section 5103.038 - Agencies Submitting Proposals For Programs.
  (A) Every other year by a date specified in rules adopted under section 5103.0316 of the Revised Code, each private child placing agency and...
• Section 5103.039 - Courses In Preplacement Training Program.
  Except for preplacement training programs described in section 5103.0311 of the Revised Code, a preplacement training program shall consist of courses in the role...
• Section 5103.0310 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-03-2004
• Section 5103.0311 - Preplacement Training Required Where Child Was Less Than Six Months Of Age At Time Of Temporary Custody Agreement.
  (A) A preplacement training program for prospective foster caregivers described in section 5103.033 of the Revised Code shall consist of courses that address all...
• Section 5103.0312 - Reimbursement Of Caregivers For Training Courses.
  A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency acting as a recommending agency for a foster caregiver shall reimburse...
• Section 5103.0313 - Reimbursement Of Agencies For Training Courses.
  Except as provided in section 5103.303 of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services shall compensate a private child placing agency...
• Section 5103.0314 - Recommending Agencies Ineligible For Reimbursement.
  The department of job and family services shall not compensate a recommending agency for any training the agency requires a foster caregiver to undergo...
• Section 5103.0315 - Federal Financial Participation In Payment Of Training Costs.
  The department of job and family services shall seek federal financial participation for the cost of making payments under section 5103.0312 of the Revised...
• Section 5103.0316 - Training Program Rules.
  The department of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary for the efficient...
• Section 5103.0317 - Limit Of Children In Foster Home.
  A foster home may not receive more than five children apart from their parents, guardian, or custodian, except in any of the following circumstances:...
• Section 5103.0318 - Applicability Of Zoning Laws.
  Any certified foster home shall be considered to be a residential use of property for purposes of municipal, county, and township zoning and shall...
• Section 5103.0319 - Notification Of Conviction Of Certain Offenses By Foster Child.
  (A) No foster caregiver or prospective foster caregiver shall fail to notify the recommending agency that recommended or is recommending the foster caregiver or...
• Section 5103.0320 - Denying Certificate Based On Misconduct Of Resident.
  The department of job and family services may deny a foster home certificate on the grounds that a person at least twelve years of...
• Section 5103.0321 - Duties Of Agency Upon Notice Of Conviction Of Certain Offense By Foster Child.
  On receipt of notice under section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code, the recommending agency shall do all of the following: (A) Review the foster...
• Section 5103.0322 - Notice To Applicant Or Certificate Holder Of Decisions.
  On receipt of a recommendation from a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency regarding an application for, or...
• Section 5103.0323 - Audit Prior To Renewal Of Certificate.
  (A) As used in this section, "American institute of certified public accountants auditing standards" and "AICPA auditing standards" mean the auditing standards published by...
• Section 5103.0324 - Assessor To Conduct Home Study.
  A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency to which the duty to inspect and approve a family foster...
• Section 5103.0325 - Review Of Rules For Agency Visits.
  Notwithstanding section 106.03 of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services shall review once every two years the department's rules governing...
• Section 5103.0326 - Nonrenewals Based On Refusals To Accept Children.
  (A) A recommending agency may recommend that the department of job and family services not renew a foster home certificate under section 5103.03 of...
• Section 5103.0327 - Physical Examinations.
  Any physical examination required in the determination of foster home placement may be conducted by any individual authorized by the Revised Code to conduct...
• Section 5103.0328 - Notice Of Arrest Or Conviction Of Foster Caregiver.
  (A) Not later than ninety-six hours after receiving notice from the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.5721...
• Section 5103.04 - Articles Of Incorporation To Be Filed With Department Of Job And Fiamily Services.
  No association whose object embraces the care of dependent, neglected, abused, or delinquent children, or the placing of such children in private homes, shall...
• Section 5103.05 - Notice Of Operation.
  (A) As used in this section and section 5103.051 of the Revised Code: (1) "Children's residential center" means a facility that is operated by...
• Section 5103.051 - Community Engagement Plan.
  (A) Each private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, public children services agency, or superintendent of a county or district children's home shall establish...
• Section 5103.06 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-2000
• Section 5103.07 - Department To Administer Funds Received Under Federal Child Welfare And Abuse Programs.
  The department of job and family services shall administer funds received under Title IV-B of the "Social Security Act," 81 Stat. 821 ( 1967),...
• Section 5103.08 - Administering Funds Under State Dependent Care Development Grants.
  The department of job and family services may enter into contracts with the department of education authorizing the department of job and family services...
• Section 5103.09 To 5103.11 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-2000
• Section 5103.12 - Payments To Encourage Adoptive Placement Of Children In Permanent Custody Of Public Children Services Agency.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Hearing" has the same meaning as in section 119.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Permanent custody" has...
• Section 5103.13 - Operation Of Unlicensed Children's Crisis Care Facility Prohibited.
  (A) As used in this section and section 5103.131 of the Revised Code: (1) (a) "Children's crisis care facility" means a facility that has...
• Section 5103.131 - Applying For Funds For Temporary Services And Care To Minors.
  The department of job and family services may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a federal grant under...
• Section 5103.14 - Enforcement Powers.
  The department of job and family services shall enforce sections 2151.39, 5103.15, and 5103.16 of the Revised Code. Effective Date: 07-01-2000
• Section 5103.15 - Agreements For Temporary Custody.
  (A) (1) The parents, guardian, or other persons having the custody of a child may enter into an agreement with any public children services...
• Section 5103.151 - Duties Prospective Parent Of Adoptee.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 5103.152 of the Revised Code, "identifying information" has the same meaning as in section 3107.01...
• Section 5103.152 - Duties Of Assessor.
  Not less than seventy-two hours before a public children services agency or private child placing agency enters into an agreement with a parent under...
• Section 5103.153 - Review Hearing Of Agreement.
  (A) (1) A juvenile court shall conduct a review hearing of an agreement the court approves under division (B)(1) of section 5103.15 of the...
• Section 5103.154 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
• Section 5103.155 - Surplus In Putative Father Registry Fund Used To Promote Adoption Of Children With Special Needs.
  As used in this section, "children with special needs" has the same meaning as in rules adopted under section 5153.163 of the Revised Code....
• Section 5103.16 - Certification Reguired Before Associations And Institutions May Accept Temporary Or Permanent Custody Of Child.
  That section 5103.16 of the Revised Code be amended as follows: (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no child shall be placed...
• Section 5103.161 - Notification Of Foster Caregiver Or Relative With Custody Of Permanent Custody Motion Or Prospective Adoption Placement.
  As used in this section, "permanent custody" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code. If a private child placing...
• Section 5103.162 - Qualified Immunity Of Foster Caregiver.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a foster caregiver shall be immune from liability in a civil action to recover...
• Section 5103.17 - Advertising Or Inducments As To Adoption Or Foster Home Placement.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advertise" means a method of communication that is electronic, written, visual, or oral and made by means...
• Section 5103.18 - Pre-placement Report Of Child Welfare System Information Search.
  (A) (1) Prior to certification or recertification as a foster home under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, a recommending agency shall obtain a...
• Section 5103.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-2000
• Section 5103.20 - Interstate Compact For Placement Of Children Adopted.
  The interstate compact for the placement of children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in...
• Section 5103.21 - Department Compact Implementing Rules.
  The department of job and family services may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of section 5103.20 of the Revised Code. Effective Date: 09-21-2006
• Section 5103.22 - State Human Services Administration.
  As used in division (B) of Article VIII of section 5103.20 of the Revised Code, "state human services administration" means the department of job...
• Section 5103.23 - Interstate Compact On Placement Of Children.
  The interstate compact on the placement of children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in...
• Section 5103.231 - Determination Of Financial Responsibility.
  Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the interstate compact on the placement of children shall be determined in accordance...
• Section 5103.232 - Appropriate Public Authority.
  The "appropriate public authorities" as used in Article III of the interstate compact on the placement of department of job and family services and...
• Section 5103.233 - Appropriate Authority In Receiving State.
  As used in paragraph (A) of Article V of the interstate compact on the placement of children, the phrase "appropriate authority in the receiving...
• Section 5103.234 - Agreements With Other Party States.
  The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are hereby empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate...
• Section 5103.235 - Requirements For Visitation, Inspection, Supervision Of Children.
  Any requirements for visitation, inspection, or supervision of children, homes, institutions, or other agencies in another party state which may apply under Chapter 5103....
• Section 5103.236 - Jurisdiction Of Court.
  Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state pursuant to Article VI of...
• Section 5103.237 - Executive Head Defined.
  As used in Article VII of the interstate compact on the placement of children, the term "executive head" means the governor. The Governor is...
• Section 5103.24 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-21-2006
• Section 5103.25 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-21-2006
• Section 5103.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-21-2006
• Section 5103.27 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-21-2006
• Section 5103.28 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-21-2006
• Section 5103.30 - Ohio Child Welfare Training Program.
  The Ohio child welfare training program is hereby established in the department of job and family services as a statewide program . The program...
• Section 5103.301 - Training Made Available To Foster Caregivers.
  The Ohio child welfare training program shall make its preplacement and continuing training provided under divisions (B) and (C) of section 5103.30 of the...
• Section 5103.302 - Private Agency Enrollment Conditioned On Space.
  The Ohio child welfare training program may condition a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver's enrollment in its preplacement and continuing training provided under...
• Section 5103.303 - Payment Of Department Allowance To Private Agencies.
  When the Ohio child welfare training program provides preplacement or continuing training to a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver whose recommending agency is...
• Section 5103.31 - Program Coordinator To Identify Competencies Needed.
  Training provided under section 5103.30 of the Revised Code shall provide the knowledge, skill, and ability needed to do the jobs that the training...
• Section 5103.32 - Funding Ohio Child Welfare Training Program.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Title IV-B" means Title IV-B of the "Social Security Act of 1967," 81 Stat. 821, 42 U.S.C....
• Section 5103.33 - Child Welfare Training Implementing Rules.
  The director of job and family services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement the Ohio child...
• Section 5103.34 - Department To Monitor Training Program.
  The department of job and family services shall monitor and evaluate the Ohio child welfare training program to ensure that the program satisfies all...
• Section 5103.35 - Training Coordinator.
  Each fiscal biennium, the department of job and family services shall contract with an entity to serve as the Ohio child welfare training program...
• Section 5103.36 - Biennial Request For Proposals As Training Coordinator.
  The department of job and family services shall develop and issue or cause to be issued a request for proposals for an entity to...
• Section 5103.361 - Requests For Proposals To Serve As Training Coordinator.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the request for proposals required by section 5103.36 of the Revised Code shall be...
• Section 5103.362 - Reviewing Responses To Request For Proposals.
  After considering recommendations from the individuals solicited under section 5103.363 of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services shall determine which...
• Section 5103.363 - Consultation And Recommendation Duties.
  The director of job and family services shall solicit representatives from all of the following organizations to perform the consultation and recommendation duties under...
• Section 5103.37 - Training Coordinator For Child Welfare Training Program - Duties.
  The Ohio child welfare training program coordinator shall do all the following pursuant to the contract entered into under section 5103.35 of the Revised...
• Section 5103.38 - Overseeing Training Coordinator.
  The department of job and family services shall oversee the Ohio child welfare training program coordinator's development, implementation, and management of the Ohio child...
• Section 5103.39 - Training Program Steering Committee.
  The director of job and family services shall establish the Ohio child welfare training program steering committee. Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised...
• Section 5103.391 - Appointment Of Members.
  The director of job and family services shall appoint all of the following to serve on the Ohio child welfare training program steering committee:...
• Section 5103.40 - Ohio Child Welfare Program Steering Committee.
  The Ohio child welfare training program steering committee shall do all of the following: (A) Following procedures the committee shall establish, adopt, amend, and...
• Section 5103.41 - Designating Training Regions.
  Prior to the beginning of the fiscal biennium that first follows October 5, 2000, the department of job and family services, in consultation with...
• Section 5103.42 - Maintaining Regional Training Centers.
  Prior to the beginning of the fiscal biennium that first follows October 5, 2000, the public children services agencies of Athens, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Greene,...
• Section 5103.421 - Training Center Manager.
  The executive director of each public children services agency required to establish and maintain a regional training center shall appoint a manager to operate...
• Section 5103.422 - Regional Training Center's Responsibilities.
  A regional training center's responsibilities shall include all of the following: (A) Securing facilities suitable for conducting the training provided under section 5103.30 of...
• Section 5103.50 - License For Private, Nonprofit Therapeutic Wilderness Camp.
  (A) As used in this section and sections 5103.51 to 5103.55 of the Revised Code, "private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp" has the same meaning...
• Section 5103.51 - Duration Of License.
  A license issued under section 5103.50 of the Revised Code is valid for two years, unless earlier revoked by the director of job and...
• Section 5103.52 - Inspection.
  (A) The director of job and family services may inspect a private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp at any time. (B) The director may request...
• Section 5103.53 - Injunctive Relief.
  A private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp shall not operate without a license issued under section 5103.50 of the Revised Code. If the director of...
• Section 5103.54 - Rules.
  (A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the following:...
• Section 5103.55 - Compulsory School Attendance.
  A parent of a child attending a private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp is not relieved of the parent's obligations regarding compulsory school attendance pursuant...
• Section 5103.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 5103.03 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (B)...

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