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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 26 MINORS
Chapter 06. Children's Homes And Welfare Agencies
§26-6-1 Agencies and institutions defined as child welfare agencies--Department of Social Services.
SD Codified L § 26-6-1 (through 2011) What's This?
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.
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