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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 conforming technical revisions under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 7 AAC 55.690. Chapter 56. Child Placement Agencies. Article 1. Licensing Process (7 AAC 56.010 — 7 AAC 56.080) 2. Administration (7 AAC 56.100 — 7 AAC 56.160) 3. Personnel (7 AAC 56.200 — 7 AAC 56.250) 4. Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child (7 AAC 56.300 — 7 AAC 56.380) 5. Services Related to Placement and Supervision of a Placement (7 AAC 56.400 — 7 AAC 56.460) 6. Foster and Residential Care Placement and Foster Home Evaluation (7 AAC 56.500 — 7 AAC 56.575) 7. Adoptive and Guardianship Placement and Home Study (7 AAC 56.600 — 7 AAC 56.670) 8. Miscellaneous Provisions (7 AAC 56.990) Editor’s note: The provisions of this chapter, effective 7/1/2001, and distributed in Register 156, constitute a completely new and comprehensive scheme of regulations for the licensing, operation, and supervision of child placement agencies by the Department of Health and Social Services (now the Department of Family and Community Services). The changes are the result of the enactment of ch. 124, SLA 1994. which completely rewrote AS 47.35 effective January 1, 1996 and ch. 99, SLA 1998, effective September 14, 1998. These new provisions replace former 7 AAC 51.010 — 7 AAC 51.900. The history line at the end of each new section does not reflect the history of those replaced provisions before 7/1/2001, nor is the section numbering for the new provisions related to the numbering before that date. Article 1. Licensing Process. Rule 7 AAC 56.010. Applicability 7 AAC 56.020. Exemptions from licensure requirements 7 AAC 56.030. Voluntary licensure; no license issued for certain exempt agencies 7 AAC 56.040. Out of state agencies 7 AAC 56.050. Implementation 7 AAC 56.060. Timeframes 7 AAC 56.070. Application for license 7 AAC 56.080. Self-monitoring reports 7 AAC 56.010. Applicability. (a) The provisions of this chapter apply to child placement agencies licensed or required to