67:14:32:30Training and development.

Except as provided below, each applicant shall complete a thirty-hour training course provided by the department. The course includes training in the following areas: (1) The impact of separation on child development; (2) How attachments are formed; (3) The importance of the birth family; (4) Techniques of managing behavior; (5) Permanency planning for children; and (6) Child development. The training requirements do not apply to an adoptive applicant for a kinship child adoption. The department or a child-placement agency licensed by the state shall instead assess the adoptive applicant’s training needs and assist them in locating training resources.

Source: 17 SDR 157, effective April 23, 1991; 51 SDR 127, effective June 1, 2025.