Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 391 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES LICENSING
Chapter 8 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Section 391-8-002 - DEFINITIONS

002.01 ADOPTION. A judicial act creating between two persons certain relations, purely civil, of paternity and filiation.

002.02 ADOPTION DISRUPTION. Termination of an adoptive placement prior to the finalization of the adoption.

002.03 ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT. A type of placement that has not been finalized by a Decree of Adoption issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

002.04 AGENCY. A licensed child-placing agency.

002.05 CHILD PLACEMENT. To coordinate, arrange, and approve the process of a child entering an unrelated home or facility to be cared for on a temporary, long-term, or adoptive basis.

002.06 COMPLETE APPLICATION. An application that contains all of the information requested on the Department approved application form, with attestation to its truth and completeness, and that is submitted with all required fees and documentation.

002.07 CONCURRENT ADOPTION. More than one adoption being processed simultaneously either through the same agency or multiple agencies.

002.08 CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Circumstances where the licensee or its staff would benefit personally or professionally from its or its staff's professional actions.

002.09 CURRENT REFERENCE. A reference dated within one year of the time of application.

002.10 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The executive director, director, superintendent, president, chief executive officer, and similarly classified positions who is responsible for the daily operation of the agency.

002.11 FOREIGN COUNTRY ADOPTION. The placement of children emigrating from their country of origin for the purpose of adoption.

002.12 HOUSEHOLD. All persons who have significant in-home contact with the child, including those who have a familial or intimate relationship with any person in the home. A person is considered as a member of the household if the individual spends 50% or more of the individual's time in the home or if the home is the individual's only permanent residence.

002.13 INTERSTATE ADOPTION. Placement of a child into Nebraska from another state or United States jurisdiction or from Nebraska into another state or United States jurisdiction with a person(s) for the purpose of adoption

002.14 LICENSEE. Limited liability company, corporation, or nonprofit corporation to whom the license is issued.

002.15 MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILD. A child whose chronic health or life threatening condition continually or unpredictably causes incidences that require monitoring.

002.16 PLACEMENT. The arrangement for the care of a child in a licensed or approved foster family or in a residential child-caring agency but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled or any institution primarily educational in character, or any hospital or other healthcare facility.

002.17 PLACEMENT WORKER. A staff person employed by the agency who has the responsibility to effectuate the movement of a child into the home of a family who wishes to provide permanency for the child through adoption.

002.18 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. A review of the services and outcomes of the services provided to applicants, families, and children and a procedure for tracking outcomes to determine if changes are needed to be made to the system to improve delivery of the services.

002.19 STAFF. A person employed by the licensee and who has direct contact or responsibility for children.