Current legislation is requiring the Office of Licensing to set ethical standards for licensed agencies and update contents to pre-placement adoptive home studies. The mandated ethical standards touched many parts of the rule and therefore a full repeal and reenact was necessary. The new rule better represents current practices, standardizes requirements for agencies, and further clarifies processes for the benefit of licensees and licensors. The Office of Licensing created this rule over the period of seven months with the input and representation from the following groups: licensed adoption agencies, private adoption attorneys, the Division of Child and Family Services, adoptive parents, parent rights advocates, and birth parents.