North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 70 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Subchapter H - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES: ADOPTION
Section .0200 - SCOPE
Section 70H .0201 - SCOPE

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 70H .0201

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) Rules in 10A NCAC 70H shall apply to all persons intending to provide adoption services which includes:

(1) the provision of casework and other supportive services to biological parents considering adoption;

(2) provision of casework and other supportive services to the child considered for adoption;

(3) provision of casework and other supportive services to adoptive applicants through pre-placement studies;

(4) selection of home and placement process;

(5) supervision after placement;

(6) fulfillment of social and legal responsibilities;

(7) compilation and preservation of complete case records; and

(8) provision of post-adoption consultation services.

(b) County departments of social services shall comply with requirements of 10A NCAC 70M.

(c) The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, is the licensing authority for adoption child-placing agencies.

Authority G.S. 131D-10.3; 131D-10.5; 143B-153;
Eff. October 1, 2008;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 3, 2017.

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