District of Columbia Code
Title 4 - Public Care Systems
Chapter 14 - Placement of Children in Family Homes

Subchapter I - General

§ 4–1401. Purpose of subchapter - The purpose of this subchapter is to secure for each...

§ 4–1402. “Child-placing agency” defined; license required - (a) Any person, firm, corporation, association, or public agency that...

§ 4–1403. Appointment of committee to promulgate rules and regulations; composition and tenure. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 22, 1944, 58 Stat. 193, ch. 174, §...

§ 4–1404. Application for issuance of licenses - (a) An application for a license as a child-placing agency...

§ 4–1405. Persons and agencies authorized to place children; custody, control and visitation by agencies; confidentiality of records - (a) No person other than the parent, guardian, or relative...

§ 4–1405.01. Agreements with foreign agencies - Notwithstanding the provisions of this subchapter, the Mayor is authorized...

§ 4–1406. Parental rights; termination or relinquishment; vesting in agencies or Mayor; exercise in adoption proceedings - (a)(1) Whenever a licensed child-placing agency shall have been given...

§ 4–1407. Refusal to issue, revocation or suspension of licenses; reinstatement or reissuance - The Mayor may refuse to reissue or may revoke or...

§ 4–1407.01. Agency required to check enumerated registers for child abuse or neglect; effect of failure of agency to check or obtain information - Prior to placement of a child in a family home,...

§ 4–1408. Violations; prosecution - Any person, firm, corporation, association, or public agency who conducts...

§ 4–1409. Investigations and inspections - The Department of Health is authorized to make such investigations...

§ 4–1410. Authority to charge or receive compensation for services; inability to pay adoption costs - (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection,...

Subchapter II - Interstate Compact on Placement of Children

§ 4–1421. Definitions - The term “appropriate authority” as used in this compact means,...

§ 4–1422. Authority to enter into and execute Compact - The Mayor of the District of Columbia (“District”) is authorized...

§ 4–1423. Agreements with other states - An officer of the District that has the authority to...

§ 4–1424. Delinquent children, administrative hearing, judicial review - (a) If a child is adjudicated delinquent and committed to...