SDCL § 26-4-9.1: Adoption services program established--Rules adopted.

The Department of Social Services shall establish a program of adoption services. The secretary of social services may adopt reasonable and necessary rules for the operation of the program of adoption services including:

(1) Program administration;

(2) Adoptive applications and placements;

(3) Investigations and studies;

(4) Qualifications for adoptive families;

(5) Postadoptive services;

(6) Protection of records and confidential information required by statutory law to be held confidential; and

(7) Establishing reasonable fees consistent with the costs of such services.