2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Chapter 21 - Persons With Disabilities Right To Parent Act
Section 63-21-30. Prohibition against denying a person with a disability the right to pursue adoption solely on the basis of the disability.
(A) A child placing agency must not deny a person with a disability the right to pursue adoption of a child solely on the basis of the disability, without considering whether adaptive parenting equipment, instruction in adaptive parenting techniques, and other supportive services could enable the person to parent adequately.
(B) The department or other covered entity that provides pre- or postadoption services must not deny a person with a disability the right to access services solely on the basis of the disability, without considering whether adaptive parenting equipment, instruction in adaptive parenting techniques, and other supportive services could enable the person to parent adequately.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 36 (H.3538), Section 2, eff May 10, 2017.
