NAC127.253. Provision of services to prepare child for adoption before placement in adoptive home.

     1. A child-placing agency shall provide services which are appropriate, based on the age of the child, to prepare a child for adoption, including, without limitation, emotional counseling of the child if appropriate, collection of relevant material regarding the child’s history, collecting personal items for the child to keep in the adoptive home and discussing the selected adoptive family with the child before his or her placement with that family.

     2. In determining the type of service to be provided pursuant to subsection 1, the child-placing agency shall consider, without limitation, the type of placement being considered, the relationship between the child and the members of the prospective adoptive home, and the readiness of the child for adoption.

     3. If a child and a prospective adoptive family are not personally acquainted, the child-placing agency shall arrange preplacement visits of the child to the prospective adoptive home, including, without limitation, such overnight visits as are feasible. The number, frequency and types of preplacement visits must be based on the age of the child and the needs of the child and the prospective adoptive family.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, eff. 5-14-96; A by R056-02, 7-30-2002)