NRS 127A.020: “Adoption services” defined.

“Adoption services” means services provided by an agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency, including, without limitation:

1. Identifying a child for adoption and arranging an adoption;

2. Securing a specific consent to adoption, relinquishment or termination of parental rights;

3. Performing a home study on a prospective adoptive parent and reporting on the home study;

4. Making a determination of the best interest of the child and the appropriateness of an adoptive placement for the child;

5. Conducting post-placement monitoring of a case until final adoption; or

6. Assuming custody and providing child care or any other social services pending an alternative placement, if made necessary by a disruption before final adoption.