Section 40-7B-1 – Compact

The “Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance” is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows:ARTICLE I. FINDINGS The party states find that:1. in order to...

Section 40-7A-8 – Penalty

Any person who operates a child placement agency or foster home without a license as provided for in the Child Placement Agency Licensing Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.NMS § 40-7A-8Laws 1981, ch. 171, § 8.

Section 40-7A-5 – Variances

Upon written application from a child placement agency, the division in exercise of its sole discretion may issue a variance that permits a noncompliance with the division’s rules. The variance shall be in writing and may be temporary or permanent. No variance...