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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 13, 2024) |
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65. Department of Children and Families |
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65C. Family Safety and Preservation Program |
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65C-15. Child-Placing Agencies |
1(1) Application for an agency license shall be made on 11the “Master License Application for Accredited Child-Placing Agencies,” CF-FSP 5135, March 2016, 24which is hereby incorporated by reference 30and available at 33http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07507, 35and www.dcf.state.fl.us/dcfforms/37. The application shall be signed by the owner or operator exercising authority over the operation, policies and practices of the agency. All information requested in the application form and the rule must be submitted as part of the application.
77(2) 78Child-placing agencies applying for initial licensure shall provide the Department with the following information:
92(a) Description of the services the agency will provide;
101(b) Need for the services to be provided in the geographic area served;
114(c) Projected fees and costs for services, how fees are collected and refunds given, if applicable, including any and all contracts;
135(d) Geographical area to be served; and,
142(e) Location of office, including city, state, street address, mailing address and telephone number156.
157(3) 158A 159licensed agency may operate satellite offices without separate licenses for those offices. However, each satellite office must be disclosed in the application for license by submitting a copy of 188form CF-FSP 5135, incorporated in subsection (1), of this rule, 198for each office. If the agency opens a satellite office during the licensed term, the agency shall file 216form CF-FSP 5135 219not less than 10 223business 224days prior to the opening of the new office; a full application packet is not required.
240(4) 241Child-placing agencies applying for satellite offices are required to provide the Department with the infomation required in subsection (2), of this rule, with the exception of the following:
269(a) Description of the services, if the satellite office will offer the same services as the parent agency; and,
288(b) Projected fees and costs for services, how fees are collected and refunds given, if applicable, including any and all contracts, if the information is the same as the parent agency.
319(5) The agency shall have an office and professional staff permanently housed within the state.
334(6) 335Upon determination that the applicant meets the state licensing requirements, the Department shall issue a license to a specific agency, at a specific location, noting all satellite office locations364.
365(7) Satellite offices of licensed child-placing agencies shall be required to submit client records and personnel files 382for review at the time of the child-placing agency’s relicensing or any audit by the Department. The regional licensing staff may conduct scheduled or unannounced visits to a satellite office at any time pursuant to Rule 41865C-15.004, 419F.A.C.
420Rulemaking Authority 422409.175 FS. 424Law Implemented 426409.175 FS. 428History–New 12-19-90, Amended 10-27-93, Formerly 10M-24.005, Amended 11-14-16, 2-25-18.
