63.2-902 - Agreements with persons taking children. - Virginia Statutes

§ 63.2-902. Agreements with persons taking children.

Every local board and licensed child-placing agency shall, with respect toeach child placed by it in a foster home or children's residential facility,enter into a written agreement contained in an approved foster care policywith the head of such home or facility, which agreement shall provide thatthe authorized representatives of the local board or agency shall have accessat all times to such child and to the home or facility, and that the head ofthe home or facility will release custody of the child so placed to theauthorized representatives of the local board or agency whenever, in theopinion of the local board or agency, or in the opinion of the Commissioner,it is in the best interests of the child.

(Code 1950, § 63-243; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-206; 2002, c. 747; 2008, cc. 241,308.)