---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch143"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 143"
heading: "Intercountry Adoptions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch143"
sections_count: 21
---

# Chapter 143 — Intercountry Adoptions

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§14901. Findings and purposes](/usc/42/14901.md)
- [§14902. Definitions](/usc/42/14902.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — United States Central Authority](/usc/42/ch143-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Provisions Relating to Accreditation and Approval](/usc/42/ch143-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Recognition of Convention Adoptions in the United States](/usc/42/ch143-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Administration and Enforcement](/usc/42/ch143-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — General Provisions](/usc/42/ch143-schV.md)