UTAH CODE (Last Updated: January 16, 2015) |
Title 62A. Utah Human Services Code |
Chapter 4a. Child and Family Services |
Part 2. Child Welfare Services |
§ 62A-4a-211. Division responsibilities -- Normalizing lives of children. (Effective 3/27/2014)
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(1) A child who comes into care under this chapter is entitled to participate in age-appropriate activities for the child's emotional well-being and development of valuable life-coping skills. (2) The division shall make efforts to normalize the lives of children in the division's custody and to empower a caregiver to approve or disapprove a child's participation in activities based on the caregiver's own assessment using a reasonable and prudent parent standard, without prior approval of the division. (3) The division shall allow a caregiver to make important decisions, similar to the decisions that a parent is entitled to make, regarding the child's participation in activities.
Enacted by Chapter 67, 2014 General Session