Section 26-6-1 - Agencies and institutions defined as child welfare agencies--Department ofSocial Services. - South Dakota Statutes

26-6-1. Agencies and institutions defined as child welfare agencies--Department of Social Services. Any agency or institution maintained by a municipality or county, or any agency or institution maintained by a person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, or organization to receive children for care and maintenance or for placement in a family home, or that provides care for mothers and their children, is considered to be a child welfare agency. The Department of Social Services is a child welfare agency.

Source: SL 1939, ch 168, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.3706; SL 1965, ch 248, § 1; SL 1985, ch 211, § 1; SL 1994, ch 351, § 46.