42 USC 14925 - Universal accreditation requirements

U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 30, 2024

§ 14925.

Universal accreditation requirements

(a)

In general

(b)

Effective date

(c)

Transition rule

This Act shall not apply to a person offering or providing adoption services as described in subsection (a) in the case of a prospective adoption in which—

(1)

an application for advance processing of an orphan petition or petition to classify an orphan as an immediate relative for a child is filed before the date that is 180 days after January 14, 2013; or

(2)

the prospective adoptive parents of a child have initiated the adoption process with the filing of an appropriate application in a foreign country sufficient such that the Secretary of State is satisfied before the date that is 180 days after January 14, 2013.

(Pub. L. 112–276, § 2, Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2466.)

cite as: 42 USC 14925