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(3) a child is not abused or neglected;

(4) a child is placed and supervised appropriately in the least restrictive setting capable of meeting the child’s needs, including the child’s physical, emotional, religious, and cultural needs, and considering siblings, extended family, and other relationships;

(5) a child receives an appropriate education;

(6) a child receives appropriate health care;

(7) a child has an opportunity to participate in community functions and recreational activities and to have the child’s social needs met. (b) An agency shall ensure family contact for a child receiving agency services as follows:

(1) a child must have the opportunity for sibling visits and contact when a sibling is not placed in the same home or facility, unless contacts are not in the child’s best interest:

(2) a child must have the opportunity for visits with extended family unless contacts are not in the child’s best interest; and

(3) unless parental rights have been terminated or relinquished, or unless contacts are not in the child’s best interest, contacts between a child and the child’s parent must be allowed according to the agency’s policies or to the department’s policies for a child in state custody. (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 56.310 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 56.320. Intake evaluation and preplacement counseling. (a) Intake information must be gathered and an intake evaluation and decision to place approved by a level II child placing worker before placement or accepting a parent’s surrender of