South Dakota Codified Laws 26-6-41. Religious child-placement agency to be independent from state
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A faith-based or religious child-placement agency that enters into a contract with the state or participates in a state benefit program for child-placement services shall retain the agency’s independence from the state, including the child-placement agency’s control over the definition, development, practice, and expression of the agency’s written religious beliefs and moral convictions; the agency’s hiring and employment practices; and decisions as to whether any child-placement service conflicts with any sincerely-held religious belief or moral conviction of the agency.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 26-6-41
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SL 2017, ch 114, § 6.