1708 Office Conferences

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Department of Human Services
Policy and Manual Management System

Index:

POL 1708

Revised:

04/01/2026

Next Review:

04/01/2028

Policy

It is the policy of Residential Child Care Licensing (RCCL) to request an office conference, at its discretion, with licensed child welfare agencies when there are repeat areas of non-compliance within a 24-month period. RCCL may also request an office conference with licensed child welfare agencies for any other purpose at its discretion.

Authority

O.C.G.A. §§ 49-5-8

References

POL-1707 Follow-Up Inspections
Office Conference Letter

Applicability

This policy applies to all RCCL staff and licensed child welfare agencies.

Definitions

Child Welfare Agencies

Licensed Child-Caring Institutions (CCI), Child-Placing Agencies (CPA), Children’s Transition Care Centers (CTCC), Commercial Sexual Exploitation Recovery Centers (CSERC), Outdoor Child Caring Programs (OCCP), Maternity Homes (MH), and Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) operating under a license issued by RCCL.

Responsibilities

  1. The RCCL Director is responsible for monitoring requirements for updating this policy.

  2. The RCCL Publisher and the RCCL Rules Coordinator will update this policy according to state requirements.

History

Replaces Office Conferences POL1708, last reviewed on 4/01/2026.

Evaluation

The Surveyor Supervisors will evaluate this policy when conducting quality assurance reviews and quality control audits of survey reports.