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.