Definition of Adoption Services

PURPOSE: This rule defines adoption services. (1) Adoption services are defined as assessment and evaluation of the child and his/her needs; arrangements for care of the child prior to adoptive placement; placement of the child with an approved adoptive family; placement support activities until the adoption is legally completed; pre- and post-adoptive counseling to natural and adoptive parents regarding adoption; legal services associated with freeing a child for adoption; recruitment, assessment, approval, and selection of appropriate adoptive family resources; medical, dental, psychiatric, or psychological services for the child as needed; subsidized adoption; and cooperation with other state, regional, and national adoption exchanges or photo-listing services for the purpose of assuring permanent care of children. AUTHORITY: section 207.020, RSMo 2000.* This rule was previously filed as 13 CSR 40-38.010. Original rule filed Dec. 30, 1975, effective Jan. 9, 1976. Amended: Filed June 28, 1983, effective Nov. 11, 1983. Moved and amended: Filed May 27, 2010, effective Nov. 30, 2010. *Original authority: 207.020, RSMo 1945, amended 1961, 1965, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993.