8-201.01. Prohibitions
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or chapter 4, articles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this title:
1. A child who in good faith is being furnished Christian Science treatment by a duly accredited practitioner shall not, for that reason alone, be considered to be an abused, neglected or dependent child.
2. A child whose parent, guardian or custodian refuses to put the child on a psychiatric medication or questions the use of a psychiatric medication shall not be considered to be an abused, neglected or dependent child for that reason alone.
B. A parent may not be considered as having abused, neglected or abandoned or charged with abuse, neglect or abandonment of a biological, foster or adoptive child solely for seeking inpatient treatment or an out-of-home placement if the child's behavioral health needs pose a risk to the safety and welfare of the family.
C. A parent may not be considered as having abused or neglected or charged with abuse or neglect of a child solely for bringing into the home a biological, foster or adoptive child whose behavioral health needs pose a risk to the safety and welfare of the family.
Structure Arizona Revised Statutes
§ 8-105 - Preadoption certification; investigation; central adoption registry
§ 8-105.01 - Adoption; racial preferences; prohibition; exception
§ 8-105.02 - Adoption by foster parents; removal of child
§ 8-105.03 - Adoption information from local community organizations
§ 8-106.01 - Putative fathers registry; claim of paternity; adoptive interest
§ 8-107 - Time and contents of consent
§ 8-108 - Petition for child's custody by noncertified party; hearing; exceptions
§ 8-109 - Petition to adopt; contents
§ 8-110 - Fictitious name for child
§ 8-111 - Notice of hearing on petition to adopt; service
§ 8-112 - Social studies; requirements
§ 8-115 - Hearing; procedure; record; evidence
§ 8-116 - Court order; contents; form
§ 8-116.01 - Agreements regarding communications
§ 8-117 - Rights under adoption order
§ 8-118 - Petition withdrawal or denial; custody
§ 8-119 - Dismissal after death; exception
§ 8-120 - Records; inspection; exception; destruction or transfer of certain records
§ 8-121 - Confidentiality of information; exceptions
§ 8-122 - Financial hardship; deferral, waiver or reduction of fees
§ 8-123 - Irregularities; curative period
§ 8-124 - Subsequent adoptions
§ 8-125 - Adoption decrees of other states
§ 8-126 - Licensure and regulation of agencies
§ 8-127 - Services of county attorney; exception
§ 8-128 - Violation; classification
§ 8-129 - Health and genetic history; compilation; availability; costs
§ 8-130 - Consent to licensed agency or division; attorneys; affidavits
§ 8-131 - Exemption of division from licensure; compliance with standards
§ 8-133 - Fees for division services
§ 8-134 - Confidential intermediary
§ 8-135 - Confidential intermediary and fiduciary fund
§ 8-141 - Definitions; exception
§ 8-142 - Adoption subsidy program; funding; claims; limitation
§ 8-142.01 - Adoption subsidy program; hospital reimbursement
§ 8-143 - Eligibility for subsidies; rate
§ 8-144 - Subsidy agreement; duration; amount; periodic review; confidentiality
§ 8-162 - Nonrecurring adoption expense program; funding; use of other resources; payment
§ 8-164 - Nonrecurring expenses; limitation
§ 8-172 - Interstate compacts; requirements; optional contents
§ 8-173 - Adoption assistance agreements; reciprocity conditions; violation; classification
§ 8-202 - Jurisdiction of juvenile court
§ 8-203 - Court employees; appointment; certification; qualifications; salary; bond
§ 8-203.01 - Fingerprinting juvenile probation officers; affidavit
§ 8-204 - Juvenile court employees; merit system; annual report
§ 8-205 - Powers and duties of juvenile court personnel
§ 8-207 - Order of adjudication; noncriminal; use as evidence
§ 8-208 - Juvenile court records; public inspection; exceptions
§ 8-209 - Juvenile court facilities; juvenile shelters; treatment services
§ 8-231 - Juvenile court commissioners; appointment; powers and duties; compensation; qualifications
§ 8-233 - Record of proceeding
§ 8-234 - Treatment, community restitution, restraining and protective orders
§ 8-237 - Statement or conduct of minor; hearsay exception
§ 8-238 - Advisory hearing; DNA
§ 8-242 - Evaluation and disposition of a child with developmental disabilities
§ 8-243 - Liability of parents to bear expense; exception
§ 8-243.01 - Deposit of child support assessment monies
§ 8-243.02 - Assignment of right to support; priority
§ 8-244 - Removal of child from state
§ 8-245 - Physical and mental care
§ 8-246 - Jurisdiction; length of commitment; placement; assessment; definition
§ 8-248 - Hearing; service providers; definition
§ 8-249 - Restoration of civil rights; persons adjudicated delinquent
§ 8-262 - Establishing voluntary programs
§ 8-263 - Order for counseling; administration; enforcement
§ 8-264 - Participation by county; certification
§ 8-265 - County's share of matching funds; appropriation by legislature
§ 8-272 - Psychiatric acute care services; outpatient and inpatient assessments; definitions
§ 8-273 - Residential treatment services; definition
§ 8-291.01 - Effect of incompetency; request for examination
§ 8-291.02 - Expert appointment; costs; immunity
§ 8-291.04 - Examination; competency to stand trial
§ 8-291.05 - Misdemeanor charges; dismissal; notice
§ 8-291.06 - Privilege against self-incrimination; sealed reports
§ 8-291.07 - Mental health expert reports
§ 8-291.08 - Competency hearings; restoration orders
§ 8-291.09 - Restoration order; commitment
§ 8-291.10 - Reports; hearings
§ 8-301 - Commencement of proceedings
§ 8-302 - Transfer between juvenile and criminal courts
§ 8-304 - Investigation of alleged acts of delinquency, dependency and incorrigibility
§ 8-305 - Detention center; jail; separate custody; definition
§ 8-306 - Supervision and inspection of juvenile detention center and shelter care facilities
§ 8-308 - Required attendance of parent, legal guardian or custodian in court; contempt
§ 8-309 - Unlawful use of an electronic communication device by a minor; classification; definitions
§ 8-321 - Referrals; diversions; conditions; community based alternative programs
§ 8-322 - Juvenile probation services fund; program and contract requirements
§ 8-325 - Appeal from an order of a juvenile hearing officer; procedures
§ 8-328 - Juvenile diversion programs; reporting
§ 8-341 - Disposition and commitment; definitions
§ 8-341.01 - Residential treatment services; definition
§ 8-342 - Commitment of child; medical examination; definition
§ 8-344 - Restitution payments
§ 8-345 - Restitution lien; definition
§ 8-346 - Restitution fund; restitution contracts
§ 8-347 - Disposition document or minute order; fingerprints
§ 8-348 - Setting aside adjudication; application; release from disabilities; exceptions
§ 8-349 - Destruction of juvenile records; electronic research records; definition
§ 8-350 - Dangerous offenders; sex offenders; notification to schools; definition
§ 8-350.01 - Youth sex offenders; treatment; definition
§ 8-350.02 - Civil actions by victim or other persons
§ 8-351 - Definition of juvenile intensive probation
§ 8-352 - Intensive probation; evaluation; criteria; limit; conditions
§ 8-353 - Juvenile intensive probation teams; duties; caseload limit
§ 8-354 - Modification of supervision
§ 8-355 - School; employment; community restitution programs
§ 8-358 - Juvenile intensive probation guidelines; report
§ 8-361 - Adoption of interstate compact for juveniles
§ 8-362 - Commission assessments
§ 8-364 - Financial arrangements
§ 8-365 - Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers
§ 8-371 - Educational rehabilitation; definition
§ 8-383 - Implementation of rights and duties
§ 8-383.01 - Victims' rights; dismissed counts
§ 8-385 - Limited rights of a legal entity
§ 8-385.01 - Victims' rights for neighborhood associations
§ 8-386 - Information provided to victim by law enforcement agencies
§ 8-386.01 - Issuance and execution of arrest warrants
§ 8-387 - Notice of terms and conditions of release
§ 8-389 - Preliminary notice of rights
§ 8-390 - Notice of proceedings
§ 8-391 - Notice of adjudication; impact statement
§ 8-392 - Notice of postadjudication review and appellate proceedings
§ 8-392.01 - Notice of right to request not to receive committed youth mail
§ 8-393 - Notice of release or escape
§ 8-394 - Notice of delinquent's status
§ 8-398 - Request for notice; forms; notice system
§ 8-399 - Victim conference with prosecuting attorney
§ 8-400 - Proceedings; right to be present
§ 8-402 - Postarrest detention decisions
§ 8-404 - Impact statement; predisposition report
§ 8-406 - Probation modification, revocation disposition or termination proceedings
§ 8-407 - Victim's discretion; form of statement
§ 8-408 - Return of victim's property; release of evidence
§ 8-409 - Consultation between crime victim advocate and victim; privileged information; exception
§ 8-410 - Minimizing victim's contacts
§ 8-411 - Motion to revoke release
§ 8-412 - Victim's right to refuse an interview; applicability
§ 8-413 - Victim's right to privacy; exception; definitions
§ 8-414 - Speedy adjudication; continuance; notice
§ 8-415 - Effect of failure to comply
§ 8-416 - Standing to invoke rights; recovery of damages; right to counsel
§ 8-417 - Construction of article
§ 8-418 - Implementation fee; definition
§ 8-419 - Victim reconciliation services
§ 8-422 - Use of a facility dog in court proceedings; definition
§ 8-452 - Director; appointment; qualifications; compensation
§ 8-454 - Department organization
§ 8-457 - Service coordination function
§ 8-458 - Inspections bureau; monitoring and evaluation; quality assurance process
§ 8-459 - Community advisory committee; duties; membership
§ 8-461 - Child safety collections; fund; definition
§ 8-463 - Department of child safety employees; employees of contractors; fingerprint requirement
§ 8-464 - Electronic communication by department
§ 8-465 - Auditor general; department audit team; duties
§ 8-466 - Child and family advocacy center; requirements for funding; immunity; definition
§ 8-467 - Child welfare licensing fees; fund; uses; trust; definition
§ 8-471 - Office of child welfare investigations; training; responsibilities; annual report
§ 8-481 - Healthy families program; administration; consent; access to records
§ 8-504 - Sanitation, fire and hazard inspection
§ 8-505 - Issuance of licenses; application; investigation; renewal
§ 8-506 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license; foster home; hearing; exception
§ 8-506.01 - Denial, suspension, revocation or change of license; child welfare agency; appeal
§ 8-507 - Operation without license
§ 8-508 - Receipt of articles of incorporation
§ 8-510 - Acceptance of children by agency
§ 8-511 - Short-term caregiver
§ 8-512 - Comprehensive medical and dental care; guidelines
§ 8-512.01 - Behavioral health services; urgent need; dependent and adopted children; definition
§ 8-512.02 - Comprehensive health plan expenditure authority fund; reversion
§ 8-514 - Placement in foster homes
§ 8-514.01 - Placement of children with developmental disabilities
§ 8-514.02 - Placement of child
§ 8-514.03 - Kinship foster care; requirements; investigation
§ 8-514.04 - Kinship care program; requirements
§ 8-514.06 - Out-of-home placement; documents; definition
§ 8-514.07 - Kinship foster care; relative identification and notification
§ 8-514.08 - Educational decisions; parent contact information; inability to locate
§ 8-515 - Time limits on placement in receiving home; court orders
§ 8-515.02 - Case assignment; distribution of records
§ 8-515.03 - Duties of local foster care review boards
§ 8-515.04 - State foster care review board; members; personnel; training programs; compensation
§ 8-515.05 - Removal of child from foster parent's home; requirements; notification; review
§ 8-516 - Supervision of foster homes; reports; review of file; progress report
§ 8-517 - Withdrawal from foster home
§ 8-518 - Central registry; change of address; marital status
§ 8-520 - Violations; classification
§ 8-521.01 - Transitional independent living program
§ 8-521.02 - Extended foster care program; requirements
§ 8-522 - Dependency actions; special advocate; appointment; duties; immunity
§ 8-523 - Special advocate program
§ 8-524 - Special advocate fund
§ 8-525 - Open court proceedings; closure; records
§ 8-526 - Child welfare; reporting requirements
§ 8-526.01 - Missing children; reporting requirements; definitions
§ 8-527 - Children in out-of-home care; noninterference with regular school activities
§ 8-528 - Newborn infants left with safe haven providers; placement protocol; definitions
§ 8-529 - Children in foster care; rights
§ 8-530 - Foster parents; rights
§ 8-530.01 - Placement of a child returning to foster care; notification
§ 8-530.02 - Child welfare; joint annual report
§ 8-530.03 - Child placement; time limits
§ 8-532 - Jurisdiction; dependency based termination
§ 8-533 - Petition; who may file; grounds
§ 8-534 - Contents of petition
§ 8-535 - Notice of initial hearing; waiver; guardian ad litem
§ 8-536 - Social study before disposition; contents
§ 8-537 - Termination adjudication hearing
§ 8-538 - Court order; form; contents
§ 8-539 - Effect of court order
§ 8-541 - Records; disclosure; exception
§ 8-542 - Confidentiality of information; violation; classification
§ 8-543 - Sibling information exchange program; definition
§ 8-544 - Termination decrees of other states
§ 8-548 - Enactment of compact; terms
§ 8-548.01 - Financial responsibility
§ 8-548.02 - Interstate compact administrator
§ 8-548.03 - Supplementary agreements
§ 8-548.04 - Financial arrangements
§ 8-548.05 - Visitation, inspection and supervision
§ 8-548.06 - Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers
§ 8-550.01 - Child abuse prevention fund; purpose; definition
§ 8-803 - Limitation of authority; duty to inform
§ 8-804 - Central registry; notification; definition
§ 8-804.01 - Maintenance of reports; records
§ 8-805 - Immunity of participants; nonprivileged communications
§ 8-806 - Voluntary placement; conditions; notice of placement; time limit; rules
§ 8-807.01 - Incidents involving fatality or near fatality; definition
§ 8-808 - Parent assistance program
§ 8-809 - Parents' rights; information on website; rule changes
§ 8-810 - Missing children; notification; entry into databases
§ 8-811 - Hearing process; definitions
§ 8-812 - Child welfare agency; nonoperating identification license; photograph
§ 8-813 - Preplacement investigation; medical examination; disposition
§ 8-815 - Indian child welfare act; inquiry
§ 8-816 - Family builders program; services; definitions
§ 8-817 - Initial screening and safety assessment and investigation protocols
§ 8-819 - Determination of neglect
§ 8-822 - Removal of child from home; rules and policies; approval; definition
§ 8-823 - Notice of taking into temporary custody
§ 8-824 - Preliminary protective hearing; probable cause; appointment of counsel
§ 8-825 - Court determinations in preliminary protective hearing
§ 8-826 - Further hearings and proceedings
§ 8-829 - Judicial determinations; timing; documentation
§ 8-831 - Parent's blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions
§ 8-841 - Dependency petition; service; preliminary orders; hearing
§ 8-842 - Initial dependency hearing; deadlines
§ 8-843 - Initial dependency hearing; rights
§ 8-844 - Dependency adjudication hearing; settlement conference or mediation
§ 8-844.01 - Allegation of aggravating circumstance
§ 8-846 - Services provided to the child and family
§ 8-847 - Periodic review hearings
§ 8-863 - Hearing to terminate parental rights; notice; grounds
§ 8-864 - Timing of motions and hearings; consolidation of hearings
§ 8-871 - Permanent guardianship of a child
§ 8-872 - Permanent guardianship; procedure
§ 8-873 - Revocation of permanent guardianship
§ 8-873.01 - Permanent guardianship dependency proceedings; reunification services
§ 8-874 - Appointment of successor permanent guardian
§ 8-883 - Requirements for contractors
§ 8-884 - Evaluation of community programs; annual report
§ 8-891 - In-home intervention
§ 8-901 - Missing, kidnapped or runaway children; mandatory reporting
§ 8-1151 - Findings and declarations
§ 8-1161 - Responsibilities of regional partnership councils
§ 8-1162 - Composition of regional partnership councils; reimbursement of expenses; immunity
§ 8-1163 - Staff support for regional partnership councils
§ 8-1164 - Designation of regions
§ 8-1171 - Regional and statewide direct and grant program requirements; permitted objectives
§ 8-1172 - Program and grant proposal requirements
§ 8-1173 - Procedures for the award of regional grants
§ 8-1174 - Program and grantee accountability
§ 8-1181 - Early childhood development and health fund
§ 8-1182 - Acceptance of gifts and grants; acceptance of federal, state and local monies; use
§ 8-1183 - Prohibition on supplantation of state funds; additional legislative appropriations
§ 8-1184 - Budget and funding process
§ 8-1185 - Allocation of funds
§ 8-1191 - Members; appointment; terms; oath; immunity
§ 8-1193 - Public record, open meeting, and conflict of interest laws