The department shall adopt regulations regarding the provision of adoption services by the department, county adoption agencies, licensed adoption agencies, and other adoption service providers, and shall monitor the provision of those services by county adoption agencies, licensed adoption agencies, and other adoption providers. The department shall report violations of regulations to the appropriate licensing authority.
This section shall become operative on January 1, 1995.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 13. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
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