(1) As used in this section, "adoption services" means action related to an adoption, including counseling between a child-placing agency and a birth parent, signing paperwork related to an adoption, or the transfer of physical custody of a child adoptee from a birth parent to a child- placing agency or prospective adoptive parent. (2) A health care facility that provides birthing services shall develop policies regarding adoption services that occur at a health care facility. (3) A health care facility that provides birthing services shall notify the Office of Licensing if the health care facility files a complaint or otherwise takes action against a child-placing agency or a child-placing agency's representatives. (4) A health care facility or a health care facility's staff may notify the Office of Licensing if the facility or staff has concerns regarding unethical practices related to adoption services that occur at the health care facility.
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