Section 8900 Of Chapter 4. Intercountry Adoptions From California Family Law Code >> Division 13. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4.
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. (a) Intercountry adoption services described in this chapter
shall be exclusively provided by private adoption agencies licensed
by the department specifically to provide these services. As a
condition of licensure to provide intercountry adoption services, any
private full-service adoption agency and any noncustodial 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.
(b) A private full-service adoption agency or a noncustodial
adoption agency, when acting as the primary provider and using a
supervised provider, shall ensure that each supervised provider
operates under a written agreement with the primary provider pursuant
to subdivision (b) of Section 96.45 of Title 22 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
(c) The primary provider shall provide to the department a copy of
the written agreement with each supervised provider containing all
provisions required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 96.45 of
Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.