Clearance of Agency Activity

Regulation Authority:

42-72-5

Purpose and Reason:

This rule, formerly entitled Clearance of Agency Activity, is amended to implement the charges for clearances by the Department of Children Youth and Families as promulgated in the recently enacted Rhode Island State Budget. The amended rule identifies the amount and outlines procedures for making payment for clearances. In the amendment of this rule, consideration was given to the following: (1) alternative approaches and (2) overlap or duplication with other statutory and regulatory provisions. No alternative approach or duplication or overlap was identified based upon available information. The final rule includes the following changes from the proposed rule: the final rule specifies that individuals seeking to adopt through private agencies, child care home and center providers, assistants and emergency assistants, all staff of group home and residential programs, volunteers of private agencies who have supervisory or disciplinary power or routine contact with a child or children without the presence of staff and individuals requesting an intra-state clearance for child welfare history must pay a $10 fee in the form of a bank check or money order.