Health and Safety Code section 1506.3

(a)

A foster family agency shall employ one full-time social work supervisor for every eight social workers or fraction thereof in the agency.

(b)

A foster family agency shall employ one full-time social worker for every 18 children or fraction thereof in placement.

Source: Section 1506.3, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1506.3. (updated Jun. 29, 2020; accessed Oct. 12, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_1506.3

Original Source: Section 1506.3, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1506.3. (last accessed May 12, 2025).