South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts43—Approval of foster parents
(1) A person is an
approved foster parent for the purposes of this Part, if the person is so
approved in writing by the Chief Executive Officer.
(2) The written
approval of a person as a foster parent must state the number of foster
children that the foster parent is permitted to have in his or her care.
(3) A foster parent is
not permitted to have more than three foster children in his or her care
unless the children are all of the same family, or unless the
Chief Executive Officer is of the opinion that special reasons exist for
permitting a greater number.
(4) A foster parent
must not have in his or her care more foster children than the number
permitted under the approval.
Penalty: Division 7 fine.
(5) The
Chief Executive Officer may give approval under this section subject to such
conditions as he or she thinks fit and specifies in the approval.
(6) A foster parent
must not fail to comply with the conditions to which the approval is subject.
Penalty: Division 7 fine.