Section 0250-05-13-.05 - PRE-HEARING CONFERENCE(1) Foster parents who have not had an opportunity to discuss their disagreement regarding a decision to remove a child from their home with someone in the Department other than the worker and/or his immediate supervisor, will be given the opportunity for a conference with higher level supervisors and/or the Regional Administrator at the time they request to file an appeal. Efforts should be made to resolve complaints through informal conference procedures; however, such a conference will in no way deny or infringe on the foster parent(s) right to appeal.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0250-05-13-.05
Original rule filed November 22, 1978; effective January 8, 1979. Repeal and new rule filed November 28, 1979; effective January 12, 1980. Amendment filed December 17, 1982; effective March 16, 1982. Rule assigned a new control number, removed, and renumbered from 1240-5-13-.05 filed and effective March 25, 1999. Amendment filed May 29, 2002; effective August 12, 2002.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-226, 4-5-306, 37-5-105, and 37-5-112.