<html> <head> <title>Rule 67:42:09:07.01 Requirements for staff providing direct services and support to clients.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 67:42:09:07.01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 67:42:09:07.01 Requirements for staff providing direct services and support to clients."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>67:42:09:07.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Requirements for staff providing direct services and support to clients.</b> Staff performing intake services, direct services to children</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> and families, case management, family education and support, liaison services</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, assessment studies for foster care, and adoptive services must </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>have, at a minimum, an associate's degree in the social sciences or human services field and be supervised according to &#167;&nbsp;67:42:09:07. Staff</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> may not have on record a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 12 SDR 187, effective May 29, 1986; 20 SDR 223, effective July 7, 1994; 47 SDR 24, effective September 10, 2020.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=26-6-16">26-6-16</A></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>(6)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=26-6-16">26-6-16</A></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>(6)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Cross-References:</b> Standard requirements and responsibilities in the provision of client services, &#167;&nbsp;67:42:09:13; Screening for substantiated reports of abuse and neglect, &#167;&nbsp;67:42:01:05.02.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>