Title 22

PART 96 SUBPART F

Subpart F - Standards for Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Approval

• The Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at the Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105-51 (1998), 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. 14901-14954; The Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-276, 42 U.S.C. 14925.
• 71 FR 8131, Feb. 15, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

22:1.0.1.10.49.6.20	SUBJGRP 20	Licensing and Corporate Governance
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.20.1	SECTION 96.29	96.29 Scope.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.20.2	SECTION 96.30	96.30 State licensing.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.20.3	SECTION 96.31	96.31 Corporate structure.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.20.4	SECTION 96.32	96.32 Internal structure and oversight.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.21	SUBJGRP 21	Financial and Risk Management
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.21.5	SECTION 96.33	96.33 Budget, audit, insurance, and risk assessment requirements.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.21.6	SECTION 96.34	96.34 Compensation.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.22	SUBJGRP 22	Ethical Practices and Responsibilities
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.22.7	SECTION 96.35	96.35 Suitability of agencies and persons to provide adoption services consistent with the Convention.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.22.8	SECTION 96.36	96.36 Prohibition on child buying.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.23	SUBJGRP 23	Professional Qualifications and Training for Employees
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.23.9	SECTION 96.37	96.37 Education and experience requirements for social service personnel.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.23.10	SECTION 96.38	96.38 Training requirements for social service personnel.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.24	SUBJGRP 24	Information Disclosure, Fee Practices, and Quality Control Policies and Practices
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.24.11	SECTION 96.39	96.39 Information disclosure and quality control practices.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.24.12	SECTION 96.40	96.40 Fee policies and procedures.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.25	SUBJGRP 25	Responding to Complaints and Records and Reports Management
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.25.13	SECTION 96.41	96.41 Procedures for responding to complaints and improving service delivery.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.25.14	SECTION 96.42	96.42 Retention, preservation, and disclosure of adoption records.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.25.15	SECTION 96.43	96.43 Case tracking, data management, and reporting.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.26	SUBJGRP 26	Service Planning and Delivery
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.26.16	SECTION 96.44	96.44 Acting as primary provider.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.26.17	SECTION 96.45	96.45 Using supervised providers in the United States.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.26.18	SECTION 96.46	96.46 Using providers in foreign countries.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.27	SUBJGRP 27	Standards for Cases in Which a Child Is Immigrating to the United States (Incoming Cases)
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.27.19	SECTION 96.47	96.47 Preparation of home studies in incoming cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.27.20	SECTION 96.48	96.48 Preparation and training of prospective adoptive parent(s) in incoming cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.27.21	SECTION 96.49	96.49 Provision of medical and social information in incoming cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.27.22	SECTION 96.50	96.50 Placement and post-placement monitoring until final adoption in incoming cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.27.23	SECTION 96.51	96.51 Post-adoption services in incoming cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.27.24	SECTION 96.52	96.52 Performance of Convention communication and coordination functions in incoming cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.28	SUBJGRP 28	Standards for Convention Cases in Which a Child Is Emigrating From the United States (Outgoing Cases)
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.28.25	SECTION 96.53	96.53 Background studies on the child and consents in outgoing Convention cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.28.26	SECTION 96.54	96.54 Placement standards in outgoing Convention cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.28.27	SECTION 96.55	96.55 Performance of Convention communication and coordination functions in outgoing Convention cases.
22:1.0.1.10.49.6.28.28	SECTION 96.56	96.56 [Reserved]

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