Vermont § 4906 - Foster care; reasonable and prudent parent standard

§ 4906. Foster care; reasonable and prudent parent standard

• (a) As used in this section: (1) “Caregiver” means a foster parent, including a kinship foster parent or residential
  treatment or other program, with whom a child or youth in the custody of the Commissioner
  for Children and Families has been placed. (2) “Reasonable and prudent parent standard” means the standard characterized by careful
  and sensible parental decisions that maintain the health, safety, and best interests
  of a child or youth in the custody of the Commissioner while at the same time encouraging
  the emotional and developmental growth of the child that a caregiver shall use when
  determining whether to allow a child in the custody of the Commissioner to participate
  in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities. (b) A caregiver shall use the reasonable and prudent parent standard when determining
  whether to allow a child in the custody of the Commissioner to participate in extracurricular,
  enrichment, cultural, and social activities. (c) A caregiver shall not be liable for injuries to a child in the custody of the Commissioner
  that occur as a result of acting in accordance with the reasonable and prudent parent
  standard. A caregiver acting in good faith in compliance with the reasonable and prudent
  parent standard shall be immune from civil liability arising from such action. (Added 2017, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)