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child or parent;

(11) the child’s understanding of and response to placement;

(12) the child’s legal status, including custody or guardianship, and regardless of whether the child is legally available for adoption;

(13) child’s full name, birth date, sex, race, religion, and other identifying information;

(14) full names, ages, and addresses of the parent, siblings, close relatives, and other kinship connections;

(15) for adoption or guardianship placement, a copy of the child’s birth certificate; and

(16) the history of any other placements of the child, including the reasons for the placements and dates of placements. (e) When the application or referral for foster or residential care placement indicates that the placement will be limited to 30 days or less, and adoption is not the goal for the child, the agency may complete a limited evaluation appropriate for the short term placement in place of the evaluation required by this section. (f) Unless parental rights have been terminated, an agency must provide counseling to the child’s family directly or through referral, if the agency determines that counseling might prevent the need for placement. In this subsection, ‘counseling" includes mediation in the case of a runaway child. (g) In an emergency placement of a runaway child an agency shall notify the child’s parent of the child’s physical and emotional condition and the circumstances surrounding the child’s placement as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours after placement of the child, unless

(1) the agency has reason to believe that the child’s parent has physically or sexually abused the child and the Department of Health or Department of Family and Community Services is notified immediately;

(2) the agency has reason to believe that notifying the child’s parent would endanger the life or safety of the child and the Department of Health or Department of Family and Community Services is notified immediately;

(3) the child will not divulge the name of the child’s parent or the parent cannot be reached after a good faith effort and the Department of Health or Department of Family and Community Services is notified within 48 hours; or

(4) the child was admitted directly to an agency home or residential child care facility and the home or facility has previously notified the child’s parent. (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: