Colorado Code
Part 2 - Adoption
§ 19-5-207. Written Consent and Home Study Report for Public Adoptions - Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Checks - Investigation - Rules

(9) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (9) is effective March 1, 2022. ] If the child is being placed in an adoptive home by a licensed child placement agency, such agency shall file an affidavit with the court stating that the agency's license is in good standing with the department. A licensed child placement agency involved in an adoption proceeding pursuant to this article 5 shall immediately notify the court in writing of any suspension, revocation, or denial of its license or of any disciplinary action taken against the agency by the state of Colorado. Failure of the agency to provide such notification is a class 2 misdemeanor. The department shall, by rule, adopt a mechanism by which a child placement agency shall notify the court of any disciplinary action against the agency.

Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 807, § 1, effective October 1. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 939, § 3, effective March 21. L. 94: (5) and (6) amended, p. 2688, § 212, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1163, § 8, effective July 1. L. 98: (2.5) added and (6) amended, p. 1423, §§ 10, 11, effective July 1. L. 99: IP(2), (2.5)(a), and (5) to (7) amended, p. 1018, § 1, effective May 29. L. 2001: (2.5) amended, p. 851, § 13, effective June 1. L. 2003: (2.5)(a) amended, p. 1016, § 29, effective July 1; (2.5)(a) amended, p. 1407, § 13, effective January 1, 2004. L. 2005: (2.5) amended, p. 584, § 1, effective May 26. L. 2007: (2.5)(b) amended and (2.5)(a.5) added, p. 693, § 1, effective May 3; (2.5)(a)(I), (2.5)(a)(IV)(C), and (2.5)(c) amended, p. 1019, § 10, effective May 22. L. 2018: (1), IP(2), (2.5)(a)(I), (2.5)(a)(II), IP(2.5)(a)(IV), (2.5)(c), and (8) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 427, § 72, effective August 8. L. 2021: (9) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3221, § 390, effective March 1, 2022.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2001 act amending subsection (2.5), see section 1 of chapter 241, Session Laws of Colorado 2001. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2003 act amending subsection (2.5)(a), see section 1 of chapter 196, Session Laws of Colorado 2003. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.