§ 1055. Placement. (a) (i) For purposes of section one thousand\nfifty-two of this part the court may place the child in the custody of a\nrelative or other suitable person pursuant to this article, or of the\nlocal commissioner of social services or of such other officer, board or\ndepartment as may be authorized to receive children as public charges,\nor a duly authorized association, agency, society or in an institution\nsuitable for the placement of a child. The court may also place a child\nwho it finds to be a sexually exploited child as defined in subdivision\none of section four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services law\nwith the local commissioner of social services for placement in an\navailable long-term safe house. The court may also place the child in\nthe custody of the local commissioner of social services and may direct\nsuch commissioner to have the child reside with a relative or other\nsuitable person who has indicated a desire to become a foster parent for\nthe child and further direct such commissioner, pursuant to regulations\nof the office of children and family services, to commence an\ninvestigation of the home of such relative or other suitable person\nwithin twenty-four hours and thereafter expedite approval or\ncertification of such relative or other suitable person, if qualified,\nas a foster parent. If such home is found to be unqualified for approval\nor certification, the local commissioner shall report such fact to the\ncourt forthwith so that the court may make a placement determination\nthat is in the best interests of the child.\n (ii) An order placing a child directly with a relative or other\nsuitable person pursuant to this part may not be granted unless the\nrelative or other suitable person consents to the jurisdiction of the\ncourt. The court may place the person with whom the child has been\ndirectly placed under supervision of a child protective agency, social\nservices official or duly authorized agency during the pendency of the\nproceeding. The court also may issue an order of protection under\nsection one thousand fifty-six of this part. An order of supervision\nissued pursuant to this subdivision shall set forth the terms and\nconditions that the relative or suitable person must meet and the\nactions that the child protective agency, social services official or\nduly authorized agency must take to exercise such supervision.\n (b) (i) The court shall state on the record its findings supporting\nthe placement in any order of placement made under this section. The\norder of placement shall include, but not be limited to:\n (A) a description of the visitation plan;\n (B) a direction that the respondent or respondents shall be notified\nof the planning conference or conferences to be held pursuant to\nsubdivision three of section four hundred nine-e of the social services\nlaw, of their right to attend the conference, and of their right to have\ncounsel or another representative or companion with them;\n (C) a date certain for the permanency hearing, which may be the\npreviously-scheduled date certain, but in no event more than eight\nmonths from the date of removal of the child from his or her home.\nProvided, however, that if there is a sibling or half-sibling of the\nchild who was previously removed from the home pursuant to this article,\nthe date certain for the permanency hearing shall be the date certain\npreviously scheduled for the sibling or half-sibling of the child who\nwas the first child removed from the home, where such sibling or\nhalf-sibling has a permanency hearing date certain scheduled within the\nnext eight months, but in no event later than eight months from the date\nof removal of the child from his or her home;\n (D) a notice that if the child remains in foster care for fifteen of\nthe most recent twenty-two months, the agency may be required by law to\nfile a petition to terminate parental rights. A copy of the court's\norder and the service pla
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