Section 29-6201. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

 

6201.1The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of children who are receiving care in a youth shelter, runaway shelter, emergency care facility, or youth group home through the formulation, application, and enforcement of minimum standards and requirements for the licensing and operation of facilities serving children. Nothing shall prevent the contracting entity from imposing more stringent standards by contract.

 

6201.2Providing for the health, safety, and welfare of children in youth residential facilities requires a collaboration between the facility, the licensing agency, and the contracting entity.

 

6201.3Ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of children in youth residential facilities requires the placement of children in facilities serving children of similar ages, levels of development, and clinical needs in the least restrictive, most normative environment that is clinically appropriate.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is the Youth Residential Facilities Licensure Act of 1986, D.C. Law 6-139, D.C. Code, 2001 Ed. § 7-2103(a)(1); and Mayor’s Order 86-202 (November 12, 1986).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 8675, 8678 (September 21, 2001).