# The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Paragraph 6


The foster carer's obligation–
(a) not to administer corporal punishment to any child placed with them;
(b) to ensure that any information relating to a child placed with them, to the child's family or to any other person, which has been given in confidence in connection with a placement is kept confidential and is not disclosed to any person without the consent of the local authority;
(c) to comply with the terms of any foster placement agreement, to care for the child placed with the foster carer as if the child was a member of that person's family and in a safe and appropriate manner and to promote the child's welfare having regard to the local authority's immediate and longer-term arrangements for the child;
(d) to notify the local authority immediately of any serious illness of the child or of any other serious occurrence affecting the child; and
(e) where the placement is terminated, to allow the child to be removed from their home by the local authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/210/schedule/6/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule-6/paragraph-6
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