210.760. Placement in foster care--division's duties--removal of children from school, restrictions. - Missouri Statutes

Placement in foster care--division's duties--removal of childrenfrom school, restrictions.

210.760. 1. In making placements in foster care the children'sdivision shall:

(1) Arrange for a preplacement visit of the child, except inemergencies;

(2) Provide full and accurate medical information and medical historyto the persons providing foster care at the time of placement;

(3) Give a minimum of five days advance notice to the personsproviding foster care before removing a child from their care;

(4) Provide the persons giving foster care with a written statementof the reasons for removing a child at the time of the notificationrequired by this section;

(5) Notify the child's parent or legal guardian that the child hasbeen placed in foster care; and

(6) Work with the parent or legal guardian of the child, throughservices available, in an effort to return the child to his or her naturalhome, if at all possible, or to place the child in a permanent adoptivesetting, in accordance with the division's goals to reduce the number ofchildren in long-term foster care and reestablish and encourage the familyunit.

2. Except as otherwise provided in section 210.125, no child shall beremoved from school prior to the end of the official school day for thatchild for placement in foster care without a court order specifying thatthe child shall be removed from school.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 2004 H.B. 1453 merged with S.B. 762)