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others who provide services in the agency;

(2) remove an employee, contractor, or volunteer from contact with children and clients when the administrator has reason to believe that the employee, contractor, or volunteer has physically or sexually abused a child or furnished a child with alcohol or a controlled substance;

(3) remove an employee, contractor, or volunteer from contact with children and clients when the administrator has reason to believe that the employee, contractor, or volunteer is in violation of 7 AAC 56.210(b)(2), (3), or (5); and

(4) ensure that an employee’s, contractor’s, or volunteer’s ability to perform assigned duties is not impaired by alcohol or controlled substances while in contact with children or while performing other job responsibilities. (c) If the department requests an agency to remove an employee, contractor, or volunteer from contact with children and clients on the grounds set out in (b)(2) and (3) of this section, the department will inform the employee, contractor, or volunteer of the grounds for removal and provide the employee, contractor, or volunteer with an opportunity to bring to the department’s attention any facts that the employee, contractor, or volunteer believes pertinent to the matter. The department may excuse or delay notification to the employee, contractor, or volunteer if the department determines, in its discretion, that notification may put children or clients at risk of harm or compromise a police investigation. The department will not provide the employee, contractor, or volunteer with any information that is confidential under law or that may put children or clients at risk of harm or compromise a police investigation. (d) An agency shall adopt and compile agency policies, procedures, program descriptions, and forms, as applicable, into an operational manual that must be made available to employees, contractors, and volunteers and to the licensing representative upon request. (e) An agency’s practices and the practices of agency employees, contractors, or volunteers shall conform to statutes, this chapter, and the agency’s policies. (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.32.030 7 AAC 56.140. General casework management. (a) When an agency places a child into a facility regulated under AS 47.32 and 7 AAC 50, the responsibility for the child’s care becomes a joint responsibility between the agency and the