Library: Policy

340:110-5-27. Adoptive child study background information

Revised 6-1-06

(a) An adoptive child history is completed for each child. The adoptive child history is documented and available for licensing staff to review. The history includes:

(1) all information as required by Section 7504-1.1 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Medical and Social History Report;
(2) legal documents that reflect the child's eligibility for adoption;
(3) desires of the birth parents regarding the potential adoptive family, for example, religious preference and family composition;
(4) documentation as to whether the child is an Indian child as defined by the Indian Child Welfare Act; [10 O.S. § 40.2]
(5) a medical examination report completed by a health professional no more than three months prior to placement;
(6) documentation of participation by the child in the adoption process, consistent with the child's ability to understand and according to state law;
(7) photocopy of the child's original and any supplementary birth certificate; and
(8) documentation of current legal custody.

(b) When any information in this Section is not available or does not apply, the agency documents attempts to obtain the information or the reasons it does not apply.