§ 378 — Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses

§ 378. Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses. 1.\nCertificates or licenses to receive, board or keep any child and/or\nminor shall be in the form prescribed and provided by the department to\nthe effect that such person is regarded by the issuing authorized agency\nor social services department, as the case may be, as maintaining a home\nsuitable for the care of children and/or minors and specifying the name,\naddress, and religious faith of the person to whom issued, the number of\nchildren and/or minors for whom such person is certified or licensed to\ncare and such other information as the department may require.\n 2. Such certificates and licenses shall be valid for not more than two\nyears after date of issue but may be renewed or extended subject to\nregulations established by the office of children and family services.\n 3. No such license shall permit the reception for board of more than\nsix children and if there are children not received for board living in\nthe home of a person to whom such license is issued, whether children of\nsuch person or otherwise, the sum of the number of such children and of\nthe number of children permitted to be received for board by such\nlicense shall not exceed six, excepting, however, that such license may\npermit the reception for board of additional children if such children\n(a) are siblings or half-siblings, or are siblings or half-siblings of a\nchild living in the home, (b) are children freed for adoption as defined\nin subdivision (b) of section one thousand eighty-seven of the family\ncourt act, and have been placed for adoption with the person to whom\nsuch license is issued, or (c) are minor parents who are foster children\nand the minor parents' children.\n 4. No such certificate shall permit the reception for board of more\nthan six children and/or minors and if there are children under thirteen\nyears of age not received for board living in the home of the person to\nwhom such certificate is issued, whether children of such person or\notherwise, the total number of such children and of the number of\nchildren and/or minors permitted to be received for board by such\ncertificate shall not exceed six, excepting, however, that such\ncertificate may permit the reception for board of up to two additional\nchildren if such children (a) are siblings or half-siblings, or are\nsiblings or half-siblings of a child living in the home, (b) are\nchildren freed for adoption as defined in subdivision (b) of section one\nthousand eighty-seven of the family court act, and have been placed for\nadoption with the person to whom such certificate is issued, or (c) are\nminor parents who are foster children and the minor parents' children.\n 5. The department shall establish and may alter or amend regulations\ngoverning the issuing and revocation of such licenses and certificates\nand prescribing standards, records, accommodations and equipment for the\ncare of children and/or minors received under such licenses and\ncertificates.\n