An adoption evaluator who is court-ordered to conduct an adoption evaluation must comply with these rules unless:
  (1) The court orders otherwise;
  (2) The adoption evaluator is an employee of a licensed child-placing agency or the department or a contractor for the department; or
  (3) Services are being provided in accordance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children adopted under Chapter 162, Texas Family Code.

Source Note: The provisions of this §735.105 adopted to be effective March 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 1489; transferred effective May 1, 2018, as published in the Texas Register April 13, 2018, 43 TexReg 2289