§ 3501 - Foster care and placement licensing - Vermont Statutes

§ 3501. Foster care and placement licensing

(a) A person, other than an employee of a department within the agency of human services shall not place any child in foster care for more than 15 consecutive days unless the person has a license from the department to do so or is an employee of a child placing agency licensed by such department.

(b) A person shall not receive, board or keep any child in foster care for more than 15 consecutive days unless he or she has a license from the department to do so. This subsection shall not apply to foster homes approved by a department within the agency of human services or by a licensed child placing agency nor shall it apply to those facilities where educational or vocational training is the primary service and foster care is a supportive service only.

(c) This section shall not restrict the right of a court, parent, guardian, or relative to place a child, nor the right of a person not in the business of providing foster care or child care to receive, board and keep a child when a valuable consideration is not demanded or received for the child's care and maintenance. (Added 1967, No. 147, § 5; amended 1971, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.); 1973, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. April 14, 1974.)