CAP. 141 Children [Rev. 2012] FOURTH SCHEDULE [Section 152.] FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT RULES 1. These Rules may be cited as the Foster Care Placement Rules. 2. In these Rules— “Director” means the Director of Children’s Services; “foster care placement” means the placing of a foster child with a foster parent; “foster parent” means a person or persons with whom a foster child is for the time being proposed to be placed for fostering. 3. Application to register as a foster parent A person who wishes to register as a foster parent shall complete the application form specified in Form 1 of the Schedule to these Rules and submit it to the Director directly or through the manager of a rehabilitation school or the manager of a voluntary children’s institution who shall forward the application to the Director. 4. Procedure before placement (1) A child shall not be placed with a foster parent unless— (a) a children’s officer has interviewed the prospective foster parent and assessed that he or she is a suitable person to foster a child; (b) a children’s officer has visited the home of the prospective foster parent and has confirmed in writing that the home is likely to meet the requirements of the particular child and that the conditions in it are satisfactory; (c) two persons who know the prospective foster parent well will have vouched for his or her good character and suitability to care for the child; (d) it has been established by the officer in charge of the police station in the applicant’s area of residence that no person in the home has been convicted of a serious offence rendering it undesirable for the child to associate with that person; and (e) the wishes of the child so far as can be ascertained have, so far as practicable been taken into account. (f) The children’s officer has completed and filed in the Director’s office a report containing the particulars specified in Form 2 in the Schedule to these Rules. 5. Religion (1) Where a child’s religion is known, the child shall be placed with a foster parent who either is of the same religious persuasion as the foster child or who gives an undertaking that the child will be brought up in that religious persuasion. [Issue 1] C15 - 94