Authority to agencies.

An agency as specified in this chapter and when licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may do any of the following: 1. Receive children in need of assistance or children who are under eighteen years of age found to have committed a delinquent act by the juvenile court, and provide for the disposition of the children subject to the provisions of chapter 232 and chapter 600A . 2. Receive and provide for the disposition of all minor children voluntarily surrendered to the agency. [S13, §254-a22, 3260-b; C24, §3662; C27, 31, 35, §3661-a89; C39, § 3661.103; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.32 ] 2023 Acts, ch 19, §775 Transferring legal custody of a child, §232.102 , 232.103