North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 70 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Subchapter H - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES: ADOPTION
Section .0400 - MINIMUM LICENSING STANDARDS
Section 70H .0404 - ADOPTIVE HOME APPLICATION
The agency shall provide an application form for prospective adoptive parents and shall determine in response to the completed application whether, within the scope of the agency's program, it is appropriate to conduct a preplacement assessment with the applicants. While the age of applicants is among the factors that may be considered in determining whether the agency conducts a preplacement assessment with the applicants, there shall be no fixed chronological age at which applicants are automatically rejected for study.
Authority
G.S.
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.