{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-386","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Social Services Law § 386","heading":"Visitation; inspection and supervision","body":"§ 386. Visitation; inspection and supervision. 1. The board or the\ndepartment is authorized to visit, in its discretion, any minor under\nthe age of twenty-one years committed, placed out or boarded out and not\nlegally adopted or in the custody of a legal guardian.\n  2. The board or the department is authorized to visit, in its\ndiscretion, any home or place where a child or children are received,\nboarded or kept under a license or certificate whether or not such\nchildren are maintained as public charges. Every licensed home shall, if\npracticable, be visited by the department at least four times in each\nyear.","path":["Social Services Law","Article 6. Children","Title 1. Care and Protection of Children"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SOS/386","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"9a0195ef6014e066e2fcb838524792576fe3831ffaacde5fd3979d9ec6c707d1","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-385","next":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-387"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}