SECTION 340:110-5-24. Policy

  The adoption agency (agency) has on file written policy and procedure that is current and available for parents, staff, and licensing staff to review. Policy includes areas governing:

(1)   confidentiality of records;

(2)   disposition of records;

(3)   services provided to birth parents;

(4)   services provided to adoptive parents;

(5)   services provided to adoptive children;

(6)   services provided to older children being relinquished to the agency;

(7)   openness in adoption;

(8)   search and reunion;

(9)   financial assistance to birth parents;

(10)   grievances;

(11)   adoptive home recruitment;

(12)   placement of children in adoptive homes;

(13)   fees for adoption;

(14)   international adoption;

(15)   interstate adoption;

(16)   legal risk placements;

(17)   post-adoption services; and

(18)   procedures for advising adoptive parents about the Adoption Assistance program.

[Source: Added at 19 Ok Reg 2828, eff 10-1-02 (emergency); Added at 20 Ok Reg 955, eff 5-12-03; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1092, eff 6-1-06]