New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter C - Social Services
Article 2 - Family and Children's Services
Part 424 - Adoptive Parent Registry
Section 424.1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 18 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 424.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

(a) Adoptive parent registry means the register established by the department which contains information concerning persons who wish to adopt handicapped or hard-to-place children.

(b) Agency with care of a child means an authorized agency to which has been transferred the guardianship and custody, or care and custody, of a handicapped or hard-to-place child, and which is making inquiry of the adoptive parent registry for the purpose of locating an adoptive home for such child.

(c) Handicapped child means a child as defined in section 421.24(a)(2) of this Title.

(d) Hard-to-place child means a child as defined in section 421.24(a)(3) of this Title.

(e) Registering agency means a public or voluntary adoption agency which has accepted an application to adopt from a person interested in adopting a handicapped or hard-to-place child.

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