New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 50 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION AGENCIES
CHAPTER
SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: March 24, 2023.
See: 55 N.J.R. 826(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 121A, Manual of Standards for Adoption Agencies, was adopted as R.1981
d.298, effective August 6, 1981 (operative October 1, 1981). See: 13 N.J.R.
99(a), 13 N.J.R. 516(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978),
Chapter 121A, Manual of Standards for Adoption Agencies, was readopted as
R.1986 d.324, effective July 14, 1986. See: 18 N.J.R. 1057(a), 18 N.J.R.
1609(a).
Chapter 121A, Manual of Standards for Adoption Agencies,
was repealed and a new Chapter 121A, Manual of Requirements for Adoption
Agencies, was adopted as R.1987 d.505, effective December 7, 1987. See: 19
N.J.R. 1519(a), 19 N.J.R. 2288(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No.
66(1978), Chapter 121A, Manual of Requirements for Adoption Agencies, was
readopted as R.1992 d.514, effective November 25, 1992. See: 24 N.J.R. 3500(a),
24 N.J.R. 4552(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978),
Chapter 121A, Manual of Requirements for Adoption Agencies, was readopted as
R.1997 d.480, effective October 20, 1997 See: 29 N.J.R. 3230(a), 29 N.J.R.
4857(a).
Chapter 121A, Manual of Requirements for Adoption
Agencies, was readopted as R.2003 d.150, effective March 17, 2003. See: 34
N.J.R. 3922(a), 35 N.J.R. 1562(a). Chapter 121A, Manual of Requirements for
Adoption Agencies, expired on March 17, 2008.
Chapter 121A, Manual
of Requirements for Adoption Agencies, was adopted as new rules by R.2008
d.334, effective November 3, 2008. See: 40 N.J.R. 2193(a), 40 N.J.R. 6464(a).
In accordance with
N.J.S.A.
52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 121A, Manual of
Requirements for Adoption Agencies, was scheduled to expire on November 3,
2015. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 121A, Manual of Requirements
for Adoption Agencies, was readopted as R.2016 d.052, effective April 27, 2016.
See: 47 N.J.R. 3078(a), 48 N.J.R. 103(a), 48 N.J.R. 965(a).
Chapter
50, Manual of Requirements for Adoption Agencies, was recodified from N.J.A.C.
10:121A, Manual of Requirements for Adoption Agencies, by administrative
change, effective January 3, 2017. As part of the recodification, attendant
technical changes were made to the rule text concerning cross-references,
agency names, addresses, etc. See: 49 N.J.R. 98(a).
Chapter 50,
Manual of Requirements for Adoption Agencies, was readopted, effective
3/24/2023. See:
Source and Effective Date.
CHAPTER AUTHORITY:
N.J.S.A. 9:3-37 et seq., 9:3A-7g, and 30:4C-4(b) and (h).