General

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Public Care Systems
  4. Placement of Children in Family Homes
  5. General

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Section
4–1401

Purpose of subchapter

Section
4–1402

“Child-placing agency” defined; license required

Section
4–1403

Appointment of committee to promulgate rules and regulations; composition and tenure. [Repealed]

Section
4–1404

Application for issuance of licenses

Section
4–1405

Persons and agencies authorized to place children; custody, control and visitation by agencies; confidentiality of records

Section
4–1405.01

Agreements with foreign agencies

Section
4–1406

Parental rights; termination or relinquishment; vesting in agencies or Mayor; exercise in adoption proceedings

Section
4–1407

Refusal to issue, revocation or suspension of licenses; reinstatement or reissuance

Section
4–1407.01

Agency required to check enumerated registers for child abuse or neglect; effect of failure of agency to check or obtain information

Section
4–1408

Violations; prosecution

Section
4–1409

Investigations and inspections

Section
4–1410

Authority to charge or receive compensation for services; inability to pay adoption costs