50-12 Child-Placing Agency
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CHAPTER 50-12CHILD-PLACING AGENCY50-12-01. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matterotherwise requires:1."Child-placing agency" means any person undertaking to place children in family<br>homes for temporary or permanent care.2."Placement" means the transfer of physical custody of a child from a birth parent for<br>foster or adoptive care until an adoption is finalized.50-12-02. Child-placing agency licensed - Rules. Every child-placing agency shallsecure a license from the department of human services. The department shall adopt rules<br>establishing the requirements for licensure as a child-placing agency.50-12-02.1. Out-of-state child-placing agency license requirements.1.Except as otherwise provided in this section, a child-placing agency that does not<br>maintain an office in this state may apply for and receive a license under the same<br>terms and conditions as a resident child-placing agency.2.A child-placing agency that does not maintain an office in this state shall name on its<br>license application at least one resident child-placing agency. Resident child-placing<br>agencies named on the application shall certify their willingness to:a.Receive service of process for papers to be served on the out-of-state<br>child-placing agency;b.Assist when requested by the department of human services in the supervision<br>and visitation of children placed in either temporary or permanent homes by the<br>out-of-state child-placing agency; andc.Provide at the request of the department of human services all other facts,<br>information, and reports to be made on behalf of the out-of-state child-placing<br>agency.3.An out-of-state child-placing agency that complies with the licensing requirements of<br>this chapter may not be required to maintain an office in this state.50-12-03. Requirements for licensure and employment - Term - Moral or religiousconviction not bar to licensure or employment. The department of human services shall<br>issue licenses for the conduct of child-placing agencies upon application. A child-placing agency<br>shall require a criminal history record investigation on the owner and each employee of a<br>child-placing agency who has direct contact with families, with children, or with both.Thedepartment of human services shall consider any criminal history record information available<br>about the owner at the time a licensing decision is made and about an employee prior to the<br>owner or the employee having direct contact with families, with children, or with both. Licenses<br>must be granted for a period not exceeding two years. Licenses must be issued to reputable and<br>responsible applicants upon a showing that they, and their agents, are equipped properly by<br>training and experience to find and select suitable temporary or permanent homes for children<br>and to supervise the homes when children are placed in them, to the end that the health,<br>morality, and general well-being of children placed by them will be properly safeguarded. The<br>department of human services may not deny a license because of the applicant's objection to<br>performing, assisting, counseling, recommending, facilitating, referring, or participating in a<br>placement that violates the applicant's written religious or moral convictions or policies.Page No. 150-12-03.1. Conviction not bar to licensure or employment - Exceptions. Convictionof an offense does not disqualify a person from licensure or employment under this chapter<br>unless the department of human services determines that the offense has a direct bearing upon<br>a person's ability to serve the public as the owner or employee of a child-placing agency, or that,<br>following the person's conviction of any offense, the person is not sufficiently rehabilitated under<br>section 12.1-33-02.1.50-12-03.2. Criminal history record investigation required.1.A child-placing agency shall include, in any adoptive home study report, the results<br>of a criminal history record investigation made under this section.If the resultsreveal a conviction of a crime described in chapter 50-11.3 or determined by the<br>department to have a direct bearing upon the person's ability to provide a suitable<br>home for placement of any child, or the department determines, following conviction<br>of any other offense, the person is not sufficiently rehabilitated under section<br>12.1-33-02.1, the home study report must include a determination that a home<br>provided by the prospective adoptive parent is not a suitable home for the placement<br>of any child and a recommendation that the petition for adoption be denied.Achild-placing agency shall consider any criminal history record information available<br>when making a recommendation in a home study report.2.A child-placing agency shall secure, from a law enforcement agency or any other<br>agency authorized to take fingerprints, two sets of fingerprints and shall provide all<br>other information necessary to secure state criminal history record information and a<br>nationwide background check under federal law from any prospective adoptive<br>parent and any adult living in the prospective adoptive parent's household. Upon a<br>request of a child-placing agency, a law enforcement agency shall take fingerprints<br>of any prospective adoptive parent and any adult living in the prospective adoptive<br>parent's household for purposes of this section. An agency that takes fingerprints as<br>provided under this section may charge a reasonable fee to offset the cost of<br>fingerprinting.3.The child-placing agency shall assure that information obtained under subsection 2<br>is provided to the department of human services and shall arrange payment to the<br>bureau of criminal investigation sufficient to defray the cost of securing criminal<br>history record information under this section.4.Upon receipt of all fingerprints and necessary information relating to a criminal<br>history record investigation, the department of human services shall submit those<br>fingerprints and that information to the bureau of criminal investigation.5.The bureau of criminal investigation shall request a nationwide background check<br>from the federal bureau of investigation and, upon receipt of a response, provide the<br>response of the federal bureau of investigation to the department of human services.<br>The bureau of criminal investigation shall also provide any criminal history record<br>information that may lawfully be made available under chapter 12-60 to the<br>department.6.The department of human services shall provide the child-placing agency with any<br>information, received under this section from the bureau of criminal investigation,<br>that the department of human services is not prevented by federal law from<br>disclosing to the child-placing agency.7.The department of human services may adopt emergency rules under this section<br>without the finding otherwise required under section 28-32-02.8.A criminal history record investigation completed under this section may be used to<br>satisfy the criminal history record investigation requirements of sections 50-11-06.8<br>and 50-11.3-01.Page No. 250-12-04. Contents of license. The license to conduct a child-placing agency issuedunder 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<br>the license is issued.3.Whether the licensee is authorized to find foster or adoptive homes for children, or<br>both.50-12-05. Department may prescribe form of records - Make rules - Records openfor inspection. The department of human services may prescribe the forms for the registration<br>and record of children placed by a child-placing agency.The department shall make suchreasonable rules and regulations in connection with such placements as are necessary to carry<br>out the purposes of this chapter. All records must be open to the inspection of the department.50-12-06. Placement contract. Every child-placing agency upon placing a child in afoster or an adoptive home shall enter a written agreement with the persons taking the child. The<br>agreement must provide:1.The placing agency has access at all reasonable times to such child and to the<br>home in which the child is living; and2.For the return of the child to the placing agency whenever in the opinion of the<br>agency, or of the department of human services, the best interests of the child<br>require the return.50-12-07. Duties of licensee. Every licensee shall:1.Keep a full record and social history of each child received for placement and a<br>similar record and history of the licensee's family.2.Report to the department of human services:a.The name and address of each child to be placed in a foster or an adoptive<br>home;b.The name and address of the proposed foster or adoptive parents; andc.Any other facts and information as requested by the department.3.Visit the proposed foster or adoptive home at frequent intervals and make all<br>necessary inquiries and investigations as may be necessary to determine whether<br>the child will become properly adjusted in the home.4.Continue to visit and supervise each placement as often as may be required by the<br>department and report in writing to the department the conditions as ascertained by<br>a visit.50-12-07.1. Objection to placement for religious or moral convictions or policies -Effect. A child-placing agency is not required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, facilitate,<br>refer, or participate in a placement that violates the agency's written religious or moral<br>convictions or policies. A state or local government entity may not deny a child-placing agency<br>any grant, contract, or participation in a government program because of the child-placing<br>agency's objection to performing, assisting, counseling, recommending, facilitating, referring, or<br>participating in a placement that violates the child-placing agency's written religious or moral<br>convictions or policies.Refusal by a child-placing agency to perform, assist, counsel,recommend, facilitate, refer, or participate in a placement that violates the child-placing agency'sPage No. 3written religious or moral convictions or policies does not constitute a determination that the<br>proposed adoption is not in the best interest of the minor.50-12-08. Child must be placed in suitable home - Department may remove child.A child may not be placed in any foster or adoptive home until adequate investigation has been<br>made as to the suitability of the proposed foster or adoptive parents and their home<br>surroundings. When the department of human services is satisfied that a child has been placed<br>in an unsuitable home, the department shall order the child-placing agency, in writing, to remove<br>the child and place the child in a home that meets the approval of the department. If within a<br>reasonable period of time it appears that suitable arrangements have not been made for the care<br>of the child, the department shall refer the child to the county social service board of the county in<br>which the child has legal settlement. The county social service board shall make immediate<br>arrangements, subject to the approval of the department, for the care and support of the child. If<br>the child has no legal settlement within the state, or in case of a dispute as to the determination<br>of the child's legal settlement or responsibility for the child's support, the child must be brought<br>before the juvenile court as a dependent child in the county in which the child is found, as<br>provided by law.50-12-09.Compensation for child placing.A child-placing agency in making anadoptive placement may be reimbursed by the adoptive couple for the cost of making the<br>adoptive study of the home and the supervision and evaluation of any placement which may be<br>made prior to the legal adoption. No couple may be deprived of receiving a child for adoption on<br>the basis of inability to pay any portion of such expense.50-12-10. Revocation of license - Grounds. The department of human services mayrevoke the license of any child-placing agency upon a proper showing of any of the following:1.The licensee has violated any requirements under this chapter.2.The license was issued upon fraudulent or untrue representations.3.The licensee has violated any of the rules and regulations of the department.4.The licensee has been guilty of an offense determined by the department to have a<br>direct bearing upon a person's ability to serve the public as a licensee, or the<br>department determines, following conviction of any offense, the person is not<br>sufficiently rehabilitated under section 12.1-33-02.1.50-12-11. Revocation of license - False reports. If any child-placing agency licensedunder the provisions of this chapter makes any false or misleading report to the department of<br>human services, the license must be suspended immediately.Upon hearing before thedepartment, if such false or misleading reports are found to have been made, the license<br>forthwith must be revoked.50-12-12. Denial or revocation of license - Hearing. Before any application for alicense under this chapter may be denied or before the revocation of any license may take place,<br>written charges as to the reasons therefor must be served upon the applicant or licensee. The<br>applicant or licensee has the right to an administrative hearing as provided under chapter 28-32 if<br>written request for the hearing is made to the department within thirty days after service of the<br>written charges.50-12-13.Appeal from denial or revocation of license.Repealed by S.L. 2003,ch. 417,</div></article><aside class="right-sidebar"><div class="related-sidebar"><h3><span class="emoji">⚖️</span> State Laws</h3><ul class="state-laws-list"><li><a href="https://state-laws.laws.com/state-of-alabama">The State Laws of <!-- -->Alabama</a></li><li><a href="https://state-laws.laws.com/state-of-alaska">The State Laws of <!-- -->Alaska</a></li><li><a href="https://state-laws.laws.com/state-of-arizona">The State Laws of <!-- -->Arizona</a></li><li><a href="https://state-laws.laws.com/state-of-arkansas">The State Laws of <!-- -->Arkansas</a></li><li><a href="https://state-laws.laws.com/state-of-california">The State Laws of <!-- -->California</a></li><li><a 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Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matterotherwise requires:1.\u0026quot;Child-placing agency\u0026quot; means any person undertaking to place children in family\u003cbr\u003ehomes for temporary or permanent care.2.\u0026quot;Placement\u0026quot; means the transfer of physical custody of a child from a birth parent for\u003cbr\u003efoster or adoptive care until an adoption is finalized.50-12-02. Child-placing agency licensed - Rules. Every child-placing agency shallsecure a license from the department of human services. The department shall adopt rules\u003cbr\u003eestablishing the requirements for licensure as a child-placing agency.50-12-02.1. Out-of-state child-placing agency license requirements.1.Except as otherwise provided in this section, a child-placing agency that does not\u003cbr\u003emaintain an office in this state may apply for and receive a license under the same\u003cbr\u003eterms and conditions as a resident child-placing agency.2.A child-placing agency that does not maintain an office in this state shall name on its\u003cbr\u003elicense application at least one resident child-placing agency. Resident child-placing\u003cbr\u003eagencies named on the application shall certify their willingness to:a.Receive service of process for papers to be served on the out-of-state\u003cbr\u003echild-placing agency;b.Assist when requested by the department of human services in the supervision\u003cbr\u003eand visitation of children placed in either temporary or permanent homes by the\u003cbr\u003eout-of-state child-placing agency; andc.Provide at the request of the department of human services all other facts,\u003cbr\u003einformation, and reports to be made on behalf of the out-of-state child-placing\u003cbr\u003eagency.3.An out-of-state child-placing agency that complies with the licensing requirements of\u003cbr\u003ethis chapter may not be required to maintain an office in this state.50-12-03. Requirements for licensure and employment - Term - Moral or religiousconviction not bar to licensure or employment. The department of human services shall\u003cbr\u003eissue licenses for the conduct of child-placing agencies upon application. A child-placing agency\u003cbr\u003eshall require a criminal history record investigation on the owner and each employee of a\u003cbr\u003echild-placing agency who has direct contact with families, with children, or with both.Thedepartment of human services shall consider any criminal history record information available\u003cbr\u003eabout the owner at the time a licensing decision is made and about an employee prior to the\u003cbr\u003eowner or the employee having direct contact with families, with children, or with both. Licenses\u003cbr\u003emust be granted for a period not exceeding two years. 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Convictionof an offense does not disqualify a person from licensure or employment under this chapter\u003cbr\u003eunless the department of human services determines that the offense has a direct bearing upon\u003cbr\u003ea person's ability to serve the public as the owner or employee of a child-placing agency, or that,\u003cbr\u003efollowing the person's conviction of any offense, the person is not sufficiently rehabilitated under\u003cbr\u003esection 12.1-33-02.1.50-12-03.2. Criminal history record investigation required.1.A child-placing agency shall include, in any adoptive home study report, the results\u003cbr\u003eof a criminal history record investigation made under this section.If the resultsreveal a conviction of a crime described in chapter 50-11.3 or determined by the\u003cbr\u003edepartment to have a direct bearing upon the person's ability to provide a suitable\u003cbr\u003ehome for placement of any child, or the department determines, following conviction\u003cbr\u003eof any other offense, the person is not sufficiently rehabilitated under section\u003cbr\u003e12.1-33-02.1, the home study report must include a determination that a home\u003cbr\u003eprovided by the prospective adoptive parent is not a suitable home for the placement\u003cbr\u003eof any child and a recommendation that the petition for adoption be denied.Achild-placing agency shall consider any criminal history record information available\u003cbr\u003ewhen making a recommendation in a home study report.2.A child-placing agency shall secure, from a law enforcement agency or any other\u003cbr\u003eagency authorized to take fingerprints, two sets of fingerprints and shall provide all\u003cbr\u003eother information necessary to secure state criminal history record information and a\u003cbr\u003enationwide background check under federal law from any prospective adoptive\u003cbr\u003eparent and any adult living in the prospective adoptive parent's household. 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An agency that takes fingerprints as\u003cbr\u003eprovided under this section may charge a reasonable fee to offset the cost of\u003cbr\u003efingerprinting.3.The child-placing agency shall assure that information obtained under subsection 2\u003cbr\u003eis provided to the department of human services and shall arrange payment to the\u003cbr\u003ebureau of criminal investigation sufficient to defray the cost of securing criminal\u003cbr\u003ehistory record information under this section.4.Upon receipt of all fingerprints and necessary information relating to a criminal\u003cbr\u003ehistory record investigation, the department of human services shall submit those\u003cbr\u003efingerprints and that information to the bureau of criminal investigation.5.The bureau of criminal investigation shall request a nationwide background check\u003cbr\u003efrom the federal bureau of investigation and, upon receipt of a response, provide the\u003cbr\u003eresponse of the federal bureau of investigation to the department of human services.\u003cbr\u003eThe bureau of criminal investigation shall also provide any criminal history record\u003cbr\u003einformation that may lawfully be made available under chapter 12-60 to the\u003cbr\u003edepartment.6.The department of human services shall provide the child-placing agency with any\u003cbr\u003einformation, received under this section from the bureau of criminal investigation,\u003cbr\u003ethat the department of human services is not prevented by federal law from\u003cbr\u003edisclosing to the child-placing agency.7.The department of human services may adopt emergency rules under this section\u003cbr\u003ewithout the finding otherwise required under section 28-32-02.8.A criminal history record investigation completed under this section may be used to\u003cbr\u003esatisfy the criminal history record investigation requirements of sections 50-11-06.8\u003cbr\u003eand 50-11.3-01.Page No. 250-12-04. Contents of license. The license to conduct a child-placing agency issuedunder 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\u003cbr\u003ethe license is issued.3.Whether the licensee is authorized to find foster or adoptive homes for children, or\u003cbr\u003eboth.50-12-05. Department may prescribe form of records - Make rules - Records openfor inspection. The department of human services may prescribe the forms for the registration\u003cbr\u003eand record of children placed by a child-placing agency.The department shall make suchreasonable rules and regulations in connection with such placements as are necessary to carry\u003cbr\u003eout the purposes of this chapter. All records must be open to the inspection of the department.50-12-06. Placement contract. Every child-placing agency upon placing a child in afoster or an adoptive home shall enter a written agreement with the persons taking the child. The\u003cbr\u003eagreement must provide:1.The placing agency has access at all reasonable times to such child and to the\u003cbr\u003ehome in which the child is living; and2.For the return of the child to the placing agency whenever in the opinion of the\u003cbr\u003eagency, or of the department of human services, the best interests of the child\u003cbr\u003erequire the return.50-12-07. Duties of licensee. Every licensee shall:1.Keep a full record and social history of each child received for placement and a\u003cbr\u003esimilar record and history of the licensee's family.2.Report to the department of human services:a.The name and address of each child to be placed in a foster or an adoptive\u003cbr\u003ehome;b.The name and address of the proposed foster or adoptive parents; andc.Any other facts and information as requested by the department.3.Visit the proposed foster or adoptive home at frequent intervals and make all\u003cbr\u003enecessary inquiries and investigations as may be necessary to determine whether\u003cbr\u003ethe child will become properly adjusted in the home.4.Continue to visit and supervise each placement as often as may be required by the\u003cbr\u003edepartment and report in writing to the department the conditions as ascertained by\u003cbr\u003ea visit.50-12-07.1. Objection to placement for religious or moral convictions or policies -Effect. A child-placing agency is not required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, facilitate,\u003cbr\u003erefer, or participate in a placement that violates the agency's written religious or moral\u003cbr\u003econvictions or policies. A state or local government entity may not deny a child-placing agency\u003cbr\u003eany grant, contract, or participation in a government program because of the child-placing\u003cbr\u003eagency's objection to performing, assisting, counseling, recommending, facilitating, referring, or\u003cbr\u003eparticipating in a placement that violates the child-placing agency's written religious or moral\u003cbr\u003econvictions or policies.Refusal by a child-placing agency to perform, assist, counsel,recommend, facilitate, refer, or participate in a placement that violates the child-placing agency'sPage No. 3written religious or moral convictions or policies does not constitute a determination that the\u003cbr\u003eproposed adoption is not in the best interest of the minor.50-12-08. Child must be placed in suitable home - Department may remove child.A child may not be placed in any foster or adoptive home until adequate investigation has been\u003cbr\u003emade as to the suitability of the proposed foster or adoptive parents and their home\u003cbr\u003esurroundings. When the department of human services is satisfied that a child has been placed\u003cbr\u003ein an unsuitable home, the department shall order the child-placing agency, in writing, to remove\u003cbr\u003ethe child and place the child in a home that meets the approval of the department. If within a\u003cbr\u003ereasonable period of time it appears that suitable arrangements have not been made for the care\u003cbr\u003eof the child, the department shall refer the child to the county social service board of the county in\u003cbr\u003ewhich the child has legal settlement. The county social service board shall make immediate\u003cbr\u003earrangements, subject to the approval of the department, for the care and support of the child. If\u003cbr\u003ethe child has no legal settlement within the state, or in case of a dispute as to the determination\u003cbr\u003eof the child's legal settlement or responsibility for the child's support, the child must be brought\u003cbr\u003ebefore the juvenile court as a dependent child in the county in which the child is found, as\u003cbr\u003eprovided by law.50-12-09.Compensation for child placing.A child-placing agency in making anadoptive placement may be reimbursed by the adoptive couple for the cost of making the\u003cbr\u003eadoptive study of the home and the supervision and evaluation of any placement which may be\u003cbr\u003emade prior to the legal adoption. No couple may be deprived of receiving a child for adoption on\u003cbr\u003ethe basis of inability to pay any portion of such expense.50-12-10. Revocation of license - Grounds. The department of human services mayrevoke the license of any child-placing agency upon a proper showing of any of the following:1.The licensee has violated any requirements under this chapter.2.The license was issued upon fraudulent or untrue representations.3.The licensee has violated any of the rules and regulations of the department.4.The licensee has been guilty of an offense determined by the department to have a\u003cbr\u003edirect bearing upon a person's ability to serve the public as a licensee, or the\u003cbr\u003edepartment determines, following conviction of any offense, the person is not\u003cbr\u003esufficiently rehabilitated under section 12.1-33-02.1.50-12-11. Revocation of license - False reports. 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