Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 82

82 Placing child in care

(1) The chief executive may place the child in the care of—

(a) an approved kinship carer for the child; or

(b) an approved foster carer; or

(c) an entity conducting a departmental care service; or

(d) a licensee; or

(e) if it is not possible, or not in the child’s best interests, for the child to be placed in the care of an entity mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) —a provisionally approved carer for the child; or

(f) if the chief executive is satisfied another entity would be the most appropriate for meeting the child’s particular protection and care needs—that entity.

Example for paragraph (f)—

A particular medical or residential facility may be the most appropriate entity for a child with a disability.

(2) Also, if the child is in the chief executive’s custody or guardianship under a child protection order, the chief executive may place the child in the care of a parent of the child.