10A NCAC 70H .0302      CONFLICT OF INTEREST

(a)  County departments of social services and private child-placing agencies shall not supervise adoptive placements of members of their board of directors, governance structure, social services board, and county commission.

(b)  County departments of social services and private child-placing agencies shall not supervise adoptive placements of agency employees and relatives of agency employees. Relatives include birth and adoptive parents, blood and half blood relative and adoptive relative including brother, sister grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great grandparent, uncle, aunt, great-uncle, great-aunt, great-great uncle, great-great aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, stepparent, stepbrother, stepsister and the spouse of each of these relatives.

(c)  Private child-placing agencies shall not supervise adoptive placements of agency owners.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 48-3-204; 131D‑10.3; 131D‑10.5; 143B‑153;

Eff. October 1, 2008;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 3, 2017.