{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1536.2","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1536.2","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. California Community Care Facilities Act [1500. - 1567.94.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Regulations [1530. - 1539.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 732, Sec. 28.   (AB 404)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>(a) When a placement agency has placed a child with a foster family agency for subsequent placement in a certified family home or with a resource family, the foster family agency shall ensure placement of the child in a home that best meets the needs of the child.</p><p>(b) A home that best meets the needs of the child shall satisfy all of the following criteria:</p><p>(1) The child’s caregiver is able to meet the health, safety, and well-being needs of the child.</p><p>(2) The child’s caregiver is permitted to maintain the least restrictive and most family-like environment that serves the needs of the child.</p><p>(3) The child is permitted to engage in reasonable, age-appropriate, day-to-day activities that promote the most family-like environment for the foster child.</p><p>(4) The foster child’s caregiver shall use a reasonable and prudent parent standard, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/wic/362.04\">362.04</a> of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to determine activities that are age-appropriate and meet the needs of the child. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a child’s caregiver to permit the child to engage in activities that carry an unreasonable risk of harm, or subject the child to abuse or neglect.</p>","text":"(a) When a placement agency has placed a child with a foster family agency for subsequent placement in a certified family home or with a resource family, the foster family agency shall ensure placement of the child in a home that best meets the needs of the child. (b) A home that best meets the needs of the child shall satisfy all of the following criteria: (1) The child’s caregiver is able to meet the health, safety, and well-being needs of the child. (2) The child’s caregiver is permitted to maintain the least restrictive and most family-like environment that serves the needs of the child. (3) The child is permitted to engage in reasonable, age-appropriate, day-to-day activities that promote the most family-like environment for the foster child. (4) The foster child’s caregiver shall use a reasonable and prudent parent standard, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 362.04 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to determine activities that are age-appropriate and meet the needs of the child. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a child’s caregiver to permit the child to engage in activities that carry an unreasonable risk of harm, or subject the child to abuse or neglect.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/regulations-1536-2","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}