Section R. 400.12608 - Adoptive family evaluation recordRule 608.
(1) An agency shall retain a case record for each applicant for adoption.(2) The record must contain all the following:(a) Orientation documentation as required by R 400.12604.(b) Adoptive evaluation as required by R 400.12605.(c) Record of training provided.(d) Documentation agency policies were provided to applicants.(e) All documents pertaining to adoption evaluation required by R 400.12605.(f) Agency recommendation as required by R 400.12606.(3) An agency shall retain each adoptive family evaluation record for not less than 3 years after the agency's termination of services to the applicant.(4) If a branch or associate office of a child-placing agency ceases to operate, then the branch's or office's adoption records must be forwarded to the central office of the branch or associate office.(5) If a child-placing agency ceases operation, the agency's adoptive family evaluation records must be shredded or returned to the applicant if services to the applicant were terminated 3 or more years before the closure. Records must be forwarded to the department's central office adoptions for all other records.Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.12608
1998-2000 AACS; 2014 AACS; 2023 MR 12, Eff. 6/26/2023