Numerical limit of foster children in a foster home.

1. Law
2. Utah Code
3. Utah Human Services Code
4. Licensure of Programs and Facilities
5. Numerical limit of foster children in a foster home.

• (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3), no more than:
  • (a) four foster children may reside in the foster home of a licensed foster parent; or
  • (b) three foster children may reside in the foster home of a certified foster parent.

• (2) When placing a sibling group into a foster home, the limits in Subsection (1) may be exceeded if:
  • (a) no other foster children reside in the foster home;
  • (b) only one other foster child resides in the foster home at the time of a sibling group's placement into the foster home; or
  • (c) a sibling group re-enters foster care and is placed into the foster home where the sibling group previously resided.

• (3) When placing a child into a foster home, the limits in Subsection (1) may be exceeded:
  • (a) to place a child into a foster home where a sibling of the child currently resides; or
  • (b) to place a child in a foster home where the child previously resided.

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