R512-31-2. Definitions  


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  • (1) For the purpose of this rule, the following definitions apply:

    (a) "Child and Family Services" means the Division of Child and Family Services.

    (b) "Emergency foster care" means temporary placement of a child in a foster home or crisis placement.

    (c) "Natural parent" means a child's biological or adoptive parent, and includes a child's noncustodial parent.

    (d) "Removal" means taking a child from a foster home for the purpose of placing the child in another foster home or facility, or not returning a child who has run from a foster home back to that foster home.