Both Parties The following is expressly understood by all parties of the Agreement: 1. Legal custody of the child or children shall at all times remain with the Cabinet. 2. The parties shall work in partnership and comply with all applicable federal and state laws for services provided under this agreement including: A. Private Child-Caring: 1) Title 920 Kentucky Administrative Regulation (KAR), Cabinet for Health and Family Services o Chapter 1 Administration ▪ 920 KAR 1:060. Protection of human subjects. ▪ 920 KAR 1:070. Deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons services. ▪ 920 KAR 1:090. Client Civil Rights complaint process. 2) Title 922 Kentucky Administrative Regulation (KAR), Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department for Community Based Services Protection and Permanency, o Chapter 1 Child Welfare ▪ 922 KAR 1:140. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ care and adoption permanency services. ▪ 922 KAR 1:300. Standards for child-caring facilities. ▪ 922 KAR 1:305. Licensure of child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies. ▪ 922 KAR 1:320 Service appeals ▪ 922 KAR 1:330, Child protective services. ▪ 922 KAR 1:360. Private child care placement, levels of care, and payment. ▪ 922 KAR 1:380. Standards for emergency shelter child-caring facilities. ▪ 922 KAR 1:390. Standards for residential child-caring facilities ▪ 922 KAR 1:510. Authorization for disclosure of protection and permanency. 3) Title I Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) Sovereignty and Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth o KRS Chapter 2 Citizenship, Emblems, Holidays, and Time ▪ KRS 2.015 Age of majority--Exceptions. 4) Title III Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS), Executive Branch o KRS Chapter 17 Public Safety ▪ KRS 17.165 Definitions--Criminal record check for job applicants at child- care centers--Restrictions on employing violent offenders or persons convicted of sex crimes. 5) Title XIII Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS), Education o KRS Chapter 158 Conduct of Schools—Special Programs ▪ KRS 158.137 Educational passports for state agency children. 6) Title XVII Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS), Economic Security and Public Welfare o KRS Chapter 199 Protective Services for Children—Adoption ▪ KRS 199.011 Definitions for chapter. ▪ KRS 199. 640 Licensing of child-caring and child-placing agencies or facilities—License fees—Standards—Recordkeeping and reporting—Use of corporal punishment—Prohibition against hiring convicted sex offender— Confidentiality of records. ▪ KRS 199.645 Administrative regulations for facilities and agencies caring for children before adjudication under KRS Chapter 630. ▪ KRS 199.650 Authorized activities of child-caring facilities or child-placing agencies. ▪ KRS 199.670 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license of child-caring facilities or child-placing agencies. ▪ KRS 199.802 Consideration of best interest of child in placing child within same or different school district.
Research Plan The Parties recognize that the Research Plan describes the collaborative research and development activities they will undertake and that interim research goals set forth in the Research Plan are good faith guidelines. Should events occur that require modification of these goals, then by mutual agreement the Parties can modify them through an amendment, according to Paragraph 13.6.
Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it was represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and thereof and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof or thereof.
Joint Drafting The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
Protocol The attached Protocol shall be an integral part of this Agreement.