(1) Employees or their relatives applying for kinship licenses who:

(a) Work for:

(i) The department must follow department policy regarding licensure; and

(ii) A CPA, in the roles of administration, supervision, foster or kinship home certification, placement, payment authorization, or case management may not be certified by that CPA as a foster or kinship home; or

(b) Have financial interests in a CPA may not be licensed or certified by that CPA.

(2) If caregivers obtain employment from the CPA that has already certified their home, and they serve in any role listed in subsection (1)(a)(ii) of this section, they must be recertified through another CPA or become licensed directly by the department within six months of employment.