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be licensed for arranging foster home, residential child care facility, adoptive home, or guardianship placements for a child under AS 47.10.310 or AS 47.32.010(c). To the extent practicable, the requirements set out in this chapter apply generally to all child placement agencies arranging for four types of child placement. However, when necessary or appropriate, various specific requirements set out in this chapter apply to child placement agencies arranging for less than all four types of child placement. (b) The provisions of a section apply to all child placement types regulated under this chapter, unless the section or group of sections denotes applicability to a specific child placement type. When less than all child placement types are addressed in a section, the first subsection or paragraph of the section will include the full name of each specific type of placement regulated under the section. (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030 7 AAC 56.020. Exemptions from licensure requirements. (a) The department will consider the following persons as included in exemptions from licensure under AS 47.32.030:

(1) a person who arranges boarding care and no other type of child placement;

(2) a person who provides only foster home, adoptive home, or guardianship studies or licensing evaluations;

(3) an out of state Indian organization. as defined in 25 U.S.C. 1903(7); and

(4) an out of state agency that meets the provisions of 7 AAC 56.040 (a).

(5) a person or entity who does the arranging on an incidental basis without compensation. (b) In this section, “boarding care” means care provided in a foster home or a residential child care facility exclusively for children who are residing outside of their home community for 1 the purpose of obtaining education. (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156; am 1/5/2017, Register 221; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: