Ariz. Admin. Code § 21-9-240

Current through Register Vol. 31, No. 2, January 10, 2025

Section R21-9-240 - International Adoptions

A. An adoption agency shall not accept a foreign child for adoptive placement in the United States unless the government of the foreign child's country of origin authorized the placement.

B. The adoption agency shall provide OLR with evidence of its authority from or agreements with a foreign country or placing organization (such as Hague Accreditation). If the evidence of authority is not written in English, the adoption agency shall provide an English language translation of the documentation by an independent translation service.

C. The adoption agency shall advise the adoptive parents of the need to have the child naturalized in the United States.

D. The adoption agency shall provide adoptive parents with information about the child's culture of origin.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R21-9-240

New section made by exempt rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 3524, effective 1/24/2016.