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administrator may be the same individual who owns or is otherwise legally responsible for operating the agency. An administrator who is qualified under 7 AAC 56.220 may also carry out the duties of a Level II child placing worker. (b) An agency with one or more employees shall designate an associate administrator to act on behalf of the administrator in the absence of the administrator from the agency. If the administrator is absent for a period exceeding three consecutive weeks, the agency shall designate an associate administrator who meets the age and college credit requirements of 7 AAC 56.200(a) to act on behalf of the administrator. (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.32.030 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 conforming technical revisions under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 56.120 to substitute references to AS 44.30.020 and AS 47.32.030 for the references to AS 44.29.020 and AS 47.35.010. 7 AAC 56.130. Agency operation and management. (a) An agency shall adopt personnel policies that are given to employees, contractors, and volunteers at the time they start work with children or clients of the agency. The personnel policies must include, as applicable,

(1) personnel qualifications;

(2) the job description applicable to the employee, contractor, or volunteer; and

(3) for employees and contractors

(A) procedures for annual evaluation; and

(B) a performance evaluation within six months of employment. (b) An agency with one or more employees, contractors, or regular volunteers shall either directly or by delegation to the administrator

(1) provide for screening, scheduling, and supervising of all employees, volunteers and