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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