Title 50, Public Welfare

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 …

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 …

The department of health and human services may prescribe the forms for the registration and record of children placed by a child-placing agency. The department shall make such reasonable rules and regulations in connection with such placements as are necessary to carry out the p…

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…

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 …

A child-placing agency is not required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, facilitate, refer, or participate in a placement that violates the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies. A state or local government entity may not deny a child-placing agency an…

A child may not be placed in any foster or adoptive home until adequate investigation has been made as to the suitability of the proposed foster or adoptive parents and their home surroundings. When the human service zone is satisfied that a child has been placed in an unsuitable…

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…

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. …

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…

Any person undertaking to bring or to send a child into this state for placement in foster care, as a preliminary to a possible adoption, or for guardianship shall furnish the department of health and human services with written notice of the intention to send, bring, or place th…

No person, partnership, voluntary association, corporation, or limited liability company may take or send any child out of the state for placement in a family home in another state without first securing the consent of the department of health and human services so to do and with…

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…