(1) The state department of human services, after consultation with the state department of public safety and the judicial department, shall establish standards and guidelines for parental responsibility training programs for the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a juvenile or juvenile delinquent that shall include, but shall not be limited to, instruction in the following:
Physical, mental, social, and emotional child growth and development;
Skill development for parents in providing for the child's learning and development,including teaching the child responsibility for his or her actions;
Prevention of drug abuse;
Family structure, function, and management; and
The physical, mental, emotional, social, economic, and psychological aspects of interpersonal and family relationships.
(2) The state department of human services is authorized and directed to establish such standards and guidelines within the available resources of the state government and each of the state departments described in subsection (1) of this section.
Source: L. 96: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1611, § 1, effective January 1, 1997.
Editor's note: This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-1401 and the former section 19-2-304 was relocated to section 19-2-512.