As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Child-placing agency" means any person undertaking to place children in family homes for temporary or permanent care. 2. "Placement" means the transfer of physical custody of a child from a birth parent for foster or adoptive care until an adoption is finalized.
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