R501-8-4. Administration

  (1) In addition to the following standards and procedures, all outdoor youth programs shall comply with R501-2, Core Standards, R501-1 General provisions and R501-14 Background Screenings.

  (2) Records of enrollment of all consumers shall be on file at the field office at all times.

  (3) Information provided to parents, community, and media shall be accurate and factual.

  (4) Programs shall provide an educational component as determined by the Utah State Board of Education for consumers up to 18 years of age who have been removed from their educational opportunities for more than one month. The administrators of the program shall meet and cooperate with the local Board of Education.

  (5) Programs which advertise as providing educational credit to consumers shall be approved by the Utah State Board of Education.

  (6) The program shall have written procedures for handling any suspected incident of child abuse or Department of Human Services, hereinafter referred to as DHS, Provider Code of Conduct violation, including the following:

  (a) a procedure for ensuring that the staff member involved does not work directly with the youth involved or any other youth in the program until the investigation is completed or formal charges filed and adjudicated,

  (b) a procedure for ensuring that a director or member of the governing body involved in or suspected of abuse shall be relieved of their responsibility and authority over the policies and activities of the program, or any other youth program, as well as meet the sanctions as described in (a) above, until the investigation is completed or formal charges are filed and adjudicated, and

  (c) a procedure for disciplining any staff member or director involved in an incident of child abuse or DHS Provider Code of Conduct violation, including termination of employment if found guilty of felony child abuse, or loss of position, including directorship if found guilty of misdemeanor child abuse.

  (7) If any director or person in a management position is involved in or suspected of child abuse or neglect, the program shall submit to an extensive review by DHS or law enforcement officials to determine or establish the continued safe operation or possible termination of the program. The licensing review shall be completed within 72 hours.

  (8) Failure to implement and comply with (6)(a) through (c), and (7). above will be grounds for immediate suspension or revocation of program license.

  (9) Until charges of abuse, neglect or licensing violations are resolved, no license shall be issued to any program with owners, silent owners, or any staff management personnel that were prior owners or staff management personnel in a program against which the above charges were alleged.

  (10) If charges result in a criminal conviction or civil or administrative findings that allegations were true, no license shall be issued to any program with owners, silent owners, or staff management personnel from the prior program.