§96.16. Public domestic authorities.
22 C.F.R. § 96.16
Public domestic authorities are not required to become accredited to be able to provide adoption services in intercountry adoption cases, but must comply with the Convention, the IAA, the UAA, and other applicable law when providing services in an intercountry adoption case.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[79 FR 40634, July 14, 2014]
Authority
Authority: 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.
Source
Source: 71 FR 8131, Feb. 15, 2006, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[79 FR 40634, July 14, 2014]