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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 22 - Foreign Relations |
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Chapter I - Department of State |
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SubChapter J - Legal and Related Services |
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Part 96 - Intercountry Adoption Accreditation of Agencies and Approval of Persons |
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Subpart F - Standards for Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Approval |
| § 96.29 - Scope. |
| Standards for Convention Cases in Which a Child Is Emigrating from the United States (Outgoing Cases) |
| § 96.53 - Background studies on the child and consents in outgoing Convention cases. |
| § 96.54 - Placement standards in outgoing Convention cases. |
| § 96.55 - Performance of Convention communication and coordination functions in outgoing Convention cases. |
| § 96.56 - [Reserved] |
| Standards for Cases in Which a Child Is Immigrating to the United States (Incoming Cases) |
| § 96.47 - Preparation of home studies in incoming cases. |
| § 96.48 - Preparation and training of prospective adoptive parent(s) in incoming cases. |
| § 96.49 - Provision of medical and social information in incoming cases. |
| § 96.50 - Placement and post-placement monitoring until final adoption in incoming cases. |
| § 96.51 - Post-adoption services in incoming cases. |
| § 96.52 - Performance of Convention communication and coordination functions in incoming cases. |
| Information Disclosure, Fee Practices, and Quality Control Policies and Practices |
| § 96.39 - Information disclosure and quality control practices. |
| § 96.40 - Fee policies and procedures. |
| Financial and Risk Management |
| § 96.33 - Budget, audit, insurance, and risk assessment requirements. |
| § 96.34 - Compensation. |
| Professional Qualifications and Training for Employees |
| § 96.37 - Education and experience requirements for social service personnel. |
| § 96.38 - Training requirements for social service personnel. |
| Standards for Cases in Which a Child Is Emigrating From the United States (Outgoing Cases) |
| Responding to Complaints and Records and Reports Management |
| § 96.41 - Procedures for responding to complaints and improving service delivery. |
| § 96.42 - Retention, preservation, and disclosure of adoption records. |
| § 96.43 - Case tracking, data management, and reporting. |
| Ethical Practices and Responsibilities |
| § 96.35 - Suitability of agencies and persons to provide adoption services consistent with the Convention. |
| § 96.36 - Prohibition on child buying. |
| Service Planning and Delivery |
| § 96.44 - Acting as primary provider. |
| § 96.45 - Using supervised providers in the United States. |
| § 96.46 - Using providers in foreign countries. |
| Licensing and Corporate Governance |
| § 96.30 - State licensing. |
| § 96.31 - Corporate structure. |
| § 96.32 - Internal structure and oversight. |