N.M. Code R. § 8.26.5.6

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 9, May 7, 2024
Section 8.26.5.6 - OBJECTIVE

These standards supplement and are used in conjunction with the Child Placement Licensing Act. The standards:

A. authorize CYFD protective services division to license and monitor agencies that place children in adoptive homes or in foster care so that the safety, permanency, and well being interests of the child are served; and
B. authorize CYFD protective services division to require the agency to protect the rights of children in foster or adoptive placement and to monitor agency compliance with the New Mexico Children's Code, the New Mexico Adoption Act and regulations, the Indian Child Welfare Act, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children, the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance, the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act, as amended by the Inter-Ethnic Adoption Provisions of 1996, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Safety Act, the Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act, the Adam Walsh Act, the Fostering Connections for Success and Increasing Adoptions Act, and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization of 2010.

N.M. Code R. § 8.26.5.6

8.26.5.6 NMAC - Rp, 8.27.6.6 NMAC, 5/29/09; A, 8/15/11