26-4-9.1. Adoption services program established--Rules adopted.
The Department of Social Services shall establish a program of adoption services. The secretary of social services may adopt reasonable and necessary rules for the operation of the program of adoption services including:
(1)Program administration;
(2)Adoptive applications and placements;
(3)Investigations and studies;
(4)Qualifications for adoptive families;
(5)Postadoptive services;
(6)Protection of records and confidential information required by statutory law to be held confidential; and
(7)Establishing reasonable fees consistent with the costs of such services.
Source: SL 1970, ch 147, §2; SL 1981, ch 199, §10.