(a) You must protect the rights of children while they are in foster care or in adoptive placement prior to the consummation of the adoption.
(b) You must ensure that a caregiver or an adoptive parent, prior to consummation of the adoption, does not restrict or deny a child's rights.
(c) You are responsible for removing a child from a situation where abuse, neglect, or exploitation exists.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1001 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909