Health and Safety Code section 1536.2
(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.
Source:
Section 1536.2, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1536.2. (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).