North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 70 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Subchapter E - LICENSING OF FAMILY FOSTER HOMES
Section .0700 - LICENSING REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES
Section 70E .0710 - OUT OF STATE FACILITIES AND FOSTER HOMES

(1) Prior to placement into an out-of-state foster home, group home, child-caring institution, maternity home or any other residential child-care facility, the county department of social services placing the child in the out-of-state facility shall determine that the foster home, group home, child-caring institution, maternity home, or any other residential child-care facility is licensed according to the standards of that state.

(2) The county department of social services shall monitor the licensing and relicensing of the out-of-state foster home, group home, child-caring institution, maternity home or any other residential child-care facility to ensure that no child for whom they have responsibility is in an unlicensed foster home, group home, child-caring institution, maternity home or any other residential child-care facility.

(3) The county department of social services shall submit to the licensing authority written documentation that an out-of-state foster home, group home, child-caring institution, maternity home or any other residential child-care facility has been licensed and that an Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children Form for the child to be placed out of state has been signed by both states in order for the foster home, group home, child-caring institution, maternity home or any other residential child-care facility to be issued a license identification number for foster care reimbursement purposes.