Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024
Section 424.1 - Definitions(a) Adoptive parent registry means the register established by the department which contains information concerning persons who wish to adopt handicapped or hard-to-place children.(b) Agency with care of a child means an authorized agency to which has been transferred the guardianship and custody, or care and custody, of a handicapped or hard-to-place child, and which is making inquiry of the adoptive parent registry for the purpose of locating an adoptive home for such child.(c) Handicapped child means a child as defined in section 421.24(a)(2) of this Title.(d) Hard-to-place child means a child as defined in section 421.24(a)(3) of this Title.(e) Registering agency means a public or voluntary adoption agency which has accepted an application to adopt from a person interested in adopting a handicapped or hard-to-place child.N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 18 § 424.1