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placement services. The agency shall adopt written policies for the placement of a child free for adoption. The policies must provide for the following: (1) Placement into an adoptive home as soon as possible after the child is legally free for adoption; (2) Placement of an Indian child according to the Indian Child Welfare Act; (3) Placement in the best interests of the child; (4) Placement with relatives or extended family members if it is in the best interests of the child; (5) Placement to meet the child's distinctive needs; (6) Prohibition of placement based solely on the basis of race, color, or national origin of the adoptive or foster parent or the child involved; (7) Continuation of services to assist the child and family, including payment of an adoption subsidy, if indicated in the child's case plan; and (8) Delivery of a copy of the child's current medical records to the child's adoptive parents.

Source: 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 12 SDR 187, effective May 29, 1986; 27 SDR 121, effective May 28, 2001; 39 SDR 220, effective June 27, 2013.