Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 8-453 — Powers and duties

ARS § 8-453Title 8. Child Safety · Ch. 4. DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY · Art. 1. General Provisions

Statute text

8-453. Powers and duties A. The director shall: 1. Carry out the purposes of the department prescribed in section 8-451. 2. Provide transparency by being open and accountable to the public for the actions of the department. 3. Develop a data system that enables persons and entities that are charged with a responsibility relating to child safety to access all relevant information relating to an abused, neglected or abandoned child as provided by law. 4. Subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4 and, as applicable, articles 5 and 6, employ deputy directors and other key personnel based on qualifications that are prescribed by the director. 5. Adopt rules to implement the purposes of the department and the duties and powers of the director. 6. Petition, as necessary to implement the case plan established under section 8-824 or 8-845, for the appointment of a guardian or a temporary guardian under title 14, chapter 5 for children who are in the custody of the department pursuant to court order. Persons applying to be guardians or temporary guardians under this section shall be fingerprinted. A foster parent or certified adoptive parent already fingerprinted is not required to be fingerprinted again, if the foster parent or certified adoptive parent is the person applying to be the guardian or temporary guardian. 7. Cooperate with other agencies of this state, county and municipal agencies, faith-based organizations and community social services agencies, if available, to achieve the purposes of this chapter. 8. Exchange information, including case specific information, and cooperate with the department of economic security for the administration of the department of economic security's programs. 9. Administer child welfare activities, including:

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