Chapter 40, Article 7A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Child Placement Agency Licensing Act”. History: Laws 1981, ch. 171, § 1; 2011, ch. 130, § 1. ANNOTATIONS The 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, changed the statutory reference. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Foster parent’s right to immunity from foster […]
The purpose of the Child Placement Agency Licensing Act is to facilitate the licensing of child placement agencies for the placement of abused, neglected, dependent or homeless children in a stable and loving environment where a healthy and normal parent-child relationship may exist between the foster or adoptive parent and the child. History: Laws 1981, […]
As used in the Child Placement Agency Licensing Act: A. “child” means an individual under the age of eighteen years; B. “child placement agency” means any individual, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation undertaking to place a child in a home in this or any other state for the purpose of foster care or adoption of […]
A. An application for a license to operate a child placement agency shall be made to the division on forms provided and in the manner prescribed by the division. A child placement agency may be licensed either to place children in foster homes or in homes for adoption, or both. The division shall investigate the […]
Upon written application from a child placement agency, the division in exercise of its sole discretion may issue a variance that permits a noncompliance with the division’s rules. The variance shall be in writing and may be temporary or permanent. No variance shall be issued that is contrary to the Child Placement Agency Licensing Act. […]
A. The division may deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation or refuse to renew the license of any child placement agency for failure to comply with the division’s rules. The holder of the license that is to be denied, revoked, suspended or placed on probation or that is not renewed shall be given notice in […]
The filing of a petition with the district court shall not stay the enforcement of the decision of the division, but the court may order a stay upon a showing of good cause. History: Laws 1981, ch. 171, § 7.
Any person who operates a child placement agency or foster home without a license as provided for in the Child Placement Agency Licensing Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History: Laws 1981, ch. 171, § 8.
