Terms used in this chapter, unless the context plainly requires otherwise, mean:
- (1) "Agency," a child placement agency as provided in SDCL 26-6-14;
- (2) "Client," any person who uses the services of child placement agencies licensed under this chapter;
- (3) "Alternate care family," family foster homes and adoptive placement homes used by child placement agencies licensed under this chapter; and
- (4) "Host family," a nonpaid volunteer family who provides supplemental care or coparenting to a child to minimize the risk for abuse and neglect.
Source: 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 39 SDR 127, effective January 23, 2013; 39 SDR 220, effective June 27, 2013.
General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16.
Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-14 , 26-6-16.