50-12-16. Taking children from state for placement in family homes - Consent of department - Report.

No person, partnership, voluntary association, corporation, or limited liability company may take or send any child out of the state for placement in a family home in another state without first securing the consent of the department of health and human services so to do and without first reporting to the department:

1. The name and address of the child to be taken or sent;

2. The name and address of the family which is to receive the child; and

3. Such other information concerning the family and the child as the department may require.

This section does not apply to a parent who personally removes the parent's child from the state.