Section 8521 Of Part 1. Definitions From California Family Law Code >> Division 13. >> Part 1.
8521
. (a) "Full-service adoption agency" means a licensed or
authorized entity engaged in the business of providing adoption
services, that does all of the following:
(1) Assumes care, custody, and control of a child through
relinquishment of the child to the agency or involuntary termination
of parental rights to the child.
(2) Assesses the birth parents, prospective adoptive parents, or
child.
(3) Places children for adoption.
(4) Supervises adoptive placements.
(b) Private full-service adoption agencies shall be organized and
operated on a nonprofit basis. As a condition of licensure to provide
intercountry adoption services, a private full-service adoption
agency shall be accredited by the Council on Accreditation, or
supervised by an accredited primary provider, or acting as an
exempted provider, in compliance with Subpart F (commencing with
Section 96.29) of Part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.