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(b) Have a two-year degree and be supervised by a person within the Department or child placing agency who is a certified adoption investigator who holds a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in a human service related field from an accredited college or university; and (c) Have two years’ experience conducting adoptive home studies or investigations or similar family/child oriented reports for a court, school, or social/health agencies or until such time as the person meets the home study or report writing experience requirements described in this paragraph and acquires a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in a human service related field, be supervised by a person within the Department or agency who is a certified adoption investigator who holds a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in a human service related field from an accredited college or university; and (d) Be of good reputation in the community as attested to by two (2) professional references and one (1) personal reference which may be verified by the Department. References must state how long they have known an applicant and in what capacity. (e) Continuing education that addresses health, safety, and well-being of children or as approved by the Department is required as follows: i. At the time of application for certification, the individual will document that twenty-five hours of training related to children and family that addresses health, safety, well-being, and education or as approved by the Department was completed within three years immediately prior to application. ii. Documentation of continuing professional development of a minimum of ten hours of training related to children and family that addresses health, safety, well-being, and education or as approved by the Department per year is required for recertification. (2) To be certified to complete preplacement and postplacement investigations, and reports of these investigations as an individual under contract with the Department, persons must meet the following requirements: (a) Hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in a human service related field from an accredited college or university; (b) Have two years’ experience conducting adoptive home studies or investigations or similar family/child oriented reports for a court, school, or social/health agencies; (c) Provide a writing sample demonstrating family/child oriented report writing aptitude; and (d) Be of good reputation in the community as attested to by two (2) professional references and one (1) personal reference which may be verified by the Department. References must state how long they have known an applicant and in what capacity. (e) Continuing education that addresses health, safety, and well-being of children or as approved by the Department is required as follows: i. At the time of application for certification, the individual will document that twenty-five hours of training related to children and family that addresses health, safety, well-being, and education or as approved by the Department was completed within three years immediately prior to application. ii. Documentation of continuing professional development of a minimum of ten hours of training related to children and family that addresses health, safety, well-being, and education or as approved by the Department per year is required for recertification. (3) Persons certified to obtain Consents and Relinquishments must meet the following require- ments: (a) Hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree from an accredited college or university; (b) Have two years’ experience counseling with parents about relinquishing their rights and placing their children for adoption; or be currently employed by the Department of Social Services or a licensed child placing agency or by a professional association and be supervised by a person within that agency or association who is certified to accept relinquishments and consents for the purpose of adoption;