Section 50-12-02.1 - Out-of-state child-placing agency license requirements1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a child-placing agency that does not maintain an office in this state may apply for and receive a license under the same terms and conditions as a resident child-placing agency.2. A child-placing agency that does not maintain an office in this state shall name on its license application at least one resident child-placing agency. Resident child-placing agencies named on the application shall certify their willingness to: a. Receive service of process for papers to be served on the out-of-state child-placing agency;b. Assist when requested by the department of health and human services in the supervision and visitation of children placed in either temporary or permanent homes by the out-of-state child-placing agency; andc. Provide at the request of the department of health and human services all other facts, information, and reports to be made on behalf of the out-of-state child-placing agency.3. An out-of-state child-placing agency that complies with the licensing requirements of this chapter may not be required to maintain an office in this state.Amended by S.L. 2021, ch. 352 (HB 1247),§ 428, eff. 9/1/2022.