NAC127.265. Written agreement; temporary foster care.

     1. Before a child-placing agency accepts a child for placement in foster care, the agency shall enter into a written agreement with the persons having legal custody of the child. The agreement must include:

     (a) Authorization for the agency to care for the child.

     (b) Permission for the agency to obtain routine and emergency medical care for the child.

     (c) The terms of payment for the provision of care to the child.

     2. The child-placing agency shall not place a child into temporary foster care in the home of a relative of the prospective adoptive parent or any other person who has an interest in the adoption of the child by the prospective adoptive parent.

     3. If the biological parent consents in writing, the prospective adoptive parent in a private adoption may visit with the child while the child is placed in temporary foster care. The visits must be supervised by either the caseworker handling the adoption or the foster parent.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, eff. 11-23-93; A 5-14-96)