Title 50 — Public Welfare
62 chapters · 605 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-01 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Child-placing agency" means any person undertaking to place children in family homes for temporary or permanent care. 2. "Placement" means the transfer of physical custody of a child from a birt…
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-02 Child-placing agency licensed - Rules
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Every child-placing agency shall secure a license from the department of health and human services. The department shall adopt rules establishing the requirements for licensure as a child-placing agency.
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-02.1 Out-of-state child-placing agency license requirements
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Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 449, § 6. 50-12-03. Requirements for licensure and employment - Term - Moral or religious conviction not bar to licensure or employment. The department of health and human services shall issue licenses for the conduct of child-placing agencies upon appl…
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-03.1 Conviction not bar to licensure or employment - Exceptions
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Conviction of an offense does not disqualify a person from licensure or employment under this chapter unless the department of health and human services determines that the offense has a direct bearing upon a person's ability to serve the public as the owner or employee of a chil…
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-03.2 Criminal history record investigation required
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1. A child-placing agency shall include, in any adoptive home study report, the results of a criminal history record investigation made under this section. If the results reveal a conviction of a crime described in chapter 50-11.3 or determined by the department to have a direct …
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-04 Contents of license
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The license to conduct a child-placing agency issued under the provisions of this chapter must set forth: 1. The name and address of the licensee. 2. The number of children who may be placed by the licensee during the term for which the license is issued. 3. Whether the licensee …
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-06 Placement contract
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Every child-placing agency upon placing a child in a foster or an adoptive home shall enter a written agreement with the persons taking the child. The agreement must provide: 1. The placing agency has access at all reasonable times to such child and to the home in which the child…
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-07 Duties of licensee
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Every licensee shall: 1. Keep a full record and social history of each child received for placement and a similar record and history of the licensee's family. 2. Report to the department of health and human services: a. The name and address of each child to be placed in a foster …
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-09 Compensation for child placing
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1. A child-placing agency in making an adoptive placement may be compensated by the adoptive family for reasonable fees. 2. Child-placing agency compensation only may be received for services provided to the adoptive family if reflected in a financial agreement. An itemized recei…
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-10 Revocation of license - Grounds
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The department of health and human services may revoke the license of any child-placing agency upon a proper showing of any of the following: 1. The licensee has violated any requirement under this chapter. 2. The license was issued upon a fraudulent or untrue representation. 3. …
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-11 Revocation of license - False reports
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Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 449, § 6.
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-12 Denial or revocation of license - Hearing
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Before any application for a license under this chapter may be denied or before the revocation of any license may take place, written charges as to the reasons therefor must be served upon the applicant or licensee. The applicant or licensee has the right to an administrative hea…
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-13 Appeal from denial or revocation of license
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Repealed by S.L. 2003, ch. 417, § 13. 50-12-14. Foreign associations placing children in state - Consent of department required. Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 445, § 3. 50-12-14.1. Conditions for placement of children in state - Consent of department required. Any person undertaking…
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-15 Resident may bring child into state for permanent care - Report
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Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 445, § 3. 50-12-16. Taking children from state for placement in family homes - Consent of department - Report. No person, partnership, voluntary association, corporation, or limited liability company may take or send any child out of the state for place…
N.D.C.C. § 50-12-17 Licensure requirement - Registration requirement - Penalty
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1. A person may not place or cause to be placed any child in a family home for adoption without a license to do so from the department of health and human services. 2. Adoption services may be provided by the department when a conflict of interest with a child-placing agency exis…