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and requires frequent medical attention from personnel outside of the facility or agency;

(32) “mental health professional” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915;

(33) “operator” means the person licensed to operate an agency;

(34) “parent” means a birth or adoptive parent or a legal guardian;

(35) “placement” means placement of a child;

(36) “placement setting” includes a foster home licensed under 7 AAC 67, a residential child care facility licensed under 7 AAC 50, and a home providing guardianship or adoption for a child;

(37) “protective services records” means records of the department developed under the authority of AS 47.10; AS 47.14; and AS 47.17;

(38) “regular volunteer” means an individual who volunteers for at least one day a week for at least five consecutive weeks;

(39) “relative” means an individual who is related to another by blood, adoption, marriage, or tribal custom;

(40) “residential care” means care in a residential child care facility;

(41) “residential child care facility” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;

(42) “respite placement” means placement of a child to provide temporary relief for the child’s primary caregiver for a period usually not exceeding 30 days;

(43) “runaway child” has the meaning given “runaway minor” in AS 47.10.390;

(44) “shelter home” means a foster home exclusively for runaway children;

(45) “state placing worker” means an employee of the department with regard to the placement of children;

(46) “treatment” means a series of planned interventions designed to address a child’s physical, mental, emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders and bring about positive measurable changes needed to facilitate the child’s successful functioning and return to its family;

(47) “worker” has the meaning given “child placing worker.” (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156; am 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.10.392 AS 47.32.020