NAC127.190. Standards for setting fees.

     1. Any fees charged by a child-placing agency for the placement or arranging for the placement of a child for adoption must be imposed pursuant to a sliding schedule of fees established by the agency that:

     (a) Sets forth a minimum and maximum fee; and

     (b) Provides for a gradual reduction in the fee based on the financial resources of adoptive parents.

     2. A child-placing agency may waive any part or all of its fees in appropriate cases.

     3. A child-placing agency shall not accept any compensation for the placement or for arranging the placement of a child for adoption in excess of its average expenses for those services. The maximum fee a particular child-placing agency may charge must be set by the agency. The child-placing agency may consider the following expenses when it sets its maximum fee:

     (a) Investigation of prospective adoptive homes.

     (b) Medical care of biological mothers of children to be placed for adoption.

     (c) Financial support of biological mothers before and for a reasonable time after the birth of children to be placed for adoption.

     (d) Medical and other care of children awaiting adoption.

     (e) Legal services relating to the termination of parental rights regarding children awaiting adoption.

     (f) Counseling of biological parents, adoptive parents and children awaiting adoption.

     (g) Administrative costs associated with the expenses set forth in paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive.

     (h) Any other relevant expenses.

     4. The child-placing agency may increase its maximum fee if the agency submits additional information that the Division deems sufficient to justify the increase.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, eff. 11-23-93; A by R056-02, 7-30-2002)