(a) Domestic violence sponsoring agencies are responsible for approving domestic violence safe dwellings, placing residents in domestic violence safe dwellings which exclusively serve victims of domestic violence and ensuring that residents are only placed in those domestic violence safe dwellings which have been approved as meeting the security standards contained in section 455.8 of this Part and the environmental standards contained in section 455.9 of this Part.

(b) Prior to the approval of a domestic violence safe dwelling and placement by a domestic violence sponsoring agency of a resident in a domestic violence safe dwelling, the domestic violence sponsoring agency must obtain the approval of the office for the security plan as described in section 452.4(f)(4) of this Title for a particular domestic violence safe dwelling in the form and manner prescribed by the office. The security plan must include a diagram of the domestic violence safe dwelling and the security precautions to be implemented for such domestic violence safe dwelling. The office will review the security plan to determine compliance with the security standards of section 455.8 of this Part. Any subsequent changes to a security plan must be submitted to the office for review and approval before such changes are implemented.

(c) Domestic violence sponsoring agencies having a maximum length of stay policy at a domestic violence safe dwelling of less than 90 days must have an established linkage, to the extent shelter and services are available, with an approved domestic violence shelter or domestic violence program to refer domestic violence safe dwelling residents who continue to be in need of temporary shelter and emergency services beyond the stay permitted at a domestic violence safe dwelling.

(d) If a domestic violence safe dwelling does not have an onsite staff person, an employee or volunteer of the sponsoring agency must, at a minimum, visit the domestic violence safe dwelling on a weekly basis whenever there are residents being sheltered in the domestic violence safe dwelling in order to ensure that the safe dwelling is being maintained in a safe and sanitary manner and that the personal needs of the residents are being met.