Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.12808 - Inter-country adoption record
Rule 808.
(1) An
agency shall permanently retain a case record for each adoptive child after
adoptive placement.
(2) The child
record must contain all the following:
(a)
Orientation documentation as required by
R 400.12604.
(b) Evaluation documentation as required by
R 400.12708.
(c) Placement documentation as required by
R 400.12709.
(d) Supervision documentation as required by
R 400.12711.
(3) An agency shall retain a case record for
each applicant family for adoption.
(4) The applicant family record must contain
all the following:
(a) Orientation
documentation as required by
R 400.12604.
(b) Adoptive family evaluation as required by
R 400.12605.
(c) Record of training provided.
(d) Documentation of agency policies that
were provided to applicants.
(e)
All documents pertaining to adoption evaluation required by
R 400.12605.
(f) Agency recommendation as required by
R 400.12606.
(5) An agency shall retain each applicant
family record for not less than 3 years after the agency's termination of
services to the applicant family.
(6) If a branch or associate office of a
child-placing agency ceases to operate, then the agency shall forward the
branch's or office's adoption records to the central office of the branch or
associate office.
(7) If a
child-placing agency ceases to operate, the agency shall forward its child
records to the department.
(8) If a
child-placing agency ceases operation, the agency's adoptive applicant family
records must be shredded or returned to the applicant family if services to the
applicant family were terminated 3 or more years before the closure. Records
must be forwarded to the central adoption division for all other
records.
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