- (a) Any person, organization, corporation, partnership, voluntary association, or other entity that places, plans for, or assists in the placement of any unrelated minor for care in a foster home, adoptive home, or residential facility, or a child victim of human trafficking in a home or any type of shelter or facility, that is not otherwise exempt by the Child Welfare Agency Licensing Act, Arkansas Code § 9-28-401 et seq., requires a license.
(b)
- (1) The Child Welfare Agency Review Board (“board”) shall take any action necessary to prohibit any person, partnership, group, corporation, organization, or association not licensed or exempted from licensure from advertising, placing, planning for, or assisting in the placement of any unrelated minor for the purposes of adoption or for care in a foster home.
- (2) The prohibition against advertising shall not apply to persons who are seeking to add to their own family by adoption.
(c)
- (1) The board may impose a civil penalty upon any person, partnership, group, corporation, organization, or association not licensed or exempt from licensure as a child welfare agency in the State of Arkansas that advertises, places, plans for, or assists in the placement of any unrelated minor for purposes of adoption or for care in a foster home.
- (2) The prohibition against advertising does not apply to persons who are seeking to add to their own family by adoption.