California Health and Safety Code

§ 1531.5

HSC § 1531.5Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)The State Department of Social Services shall not deny a license for a foster family home solely on the basis that the applicant is a parent who has administered corporal punishment not constituting child abuse, or will continue to administer such corporal punishment, to his or her own children.

(b)Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the state department from denying a license for a foster care home where the applicant has been found by the state department to have engaged in child abuse.

(c)As used in this section, “child abuse” means a situation in which a child suffers from any one or more of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 521, Sec. 1.