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(B) three years, regardless of whether or when the grievant had actual notice of the decision, action, or inaction. (d) A foster parent may not grieve the emergency removal of a child. If a foster parent grieves the removal of a foster child on a nonemergency basis, the foster parent may request the child not be removed until the issuance of a final decision by the division director or designee under 7 AAC 54.250. The foster parent’s request shall be granted unless the respective regional juvenile probation supervisor finds
(1) removal is in the best interest of the child;
(2) the child is being returned to the legal parent or guardian;
(3) removal is in response to an allegation of abuse or neglect in the foster home; or
(4) removal is ordered by a court. (e) The formal grievance process begins when the grievance is received on the designated form by a department employee. Upon receipt, the department will assign each grievance a case number and enter the case into a division-wide database accessible to division personnel. (f) After entry of the grievance into the database, the staff from the division shall immediately forward the grievance to the supervisor of the employee, office, or facility identified in the grievance. (g) Not later than 10 days after the department receives a grievance, if the grievance process is not applicable under (c) of this section, the supervisor shall inform the grievant in writing and provide a copy of (c) of this section. (h) All actions taken and decisions made on the case must be documented in the database. All documents, exhibits, and audio recordings must be preserved in the case file. (Eff. 9/7/2013, Register 207) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.06.010 AS 47.10.098 AS 47.14.010 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 54.245 to substitute a reference to AS 47.06.010 for the former reference to AS 47.05.010.