Title 4 — Public Care Systems.
24 chapters · 633 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 4-1401 Purpose of subchapter
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The purpose of this subchapter is to secure for each child under 16 years of age who is placed in a family home, other than his own or that of a relative within the third degree, such care and guidance as will serve the child’s welfare and the best interests of the District of Co…
D.C. Code § 4-1402 “Child-placing agency” defined; license required
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(a) Any person, firm, corporation, association, or public agency that receives or accepts a child under 16 years of age and places or offers to place such child for temporary or permanent care in a family home other than that of a relative within the third degree shall be deemed …
D.C. Code § 4-1403 Appointment of committee to promulgate rules and regulations; composition and tenure
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 4-1404 Application for issuance of licenses
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(a) An application for a license as a child-placing agency shall be made to the Mayor on forms provided by him and in the manner prescribed. Before such license is issued the Department of Health shall arrange to have an investigation made of the activities and standards of care …
D.C. Code § 4-1405 Persons and agencies authorized to place children; custody, control and visitation by agencies; confidentiality of records
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(a) No person other than the parent, guardian, or relative within the third degree, and no firm, corporation, association, or agency, other than a licensed child-placing agency, may place or arrange or assist in placing or arranging for the placement of a child under 16 years of …
D.C. Code § 4-1405.01 Agreements with foreign agencies
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this subchapter, the Mayor is authorized to enter into agreements with any person, firm, corporation, association, or public agency licensed or authorized by a state or country for the care and placement of minors, permitting such person, firm, c…
D.C. Code § 4-1406 Parental rights; termination or relinquishment; vesting in agencies or Mayor; exercise in adoption proceedings
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(a)(1) Whenever a licensed child-placing agency shall have been given the permanent care and guardianship of any child and the rights of the parent or parents of such child have been terminated by order of the court of competent jurisdiction or by a legally executed relinquishmen…
D.C. Code § 4-1407 Refusal to issue, revocation or suspension of licenses; reinstatement or reissuance
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The Mayor may refuse to reissue or may revoke or suspend the license of any child-placing agency after full hearing on proof of violation of any provisions of this subchapter or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Before any license shall be suspended or revoked the …
D.C. Code § 4-1407.01 Agency required to check enumerated registers for child abuse or neglect; effect of failure of agency to check or obtain information
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Prior to placement of a child in a family home, a child-placing agency licensed in the District of Columbia and the Department of Human Services shall: (1) Obtain written consent from applicants for release of information from: (A) The D.C. Child Protection Register established u…
D.C. Code § 4-1408 Violations; prosecution
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Any person, firm, corporation, association, or public agency who conducts a child-placing agency without a license as provided for in this chapter or who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned for not mo…
D.C. Code § 4-1409 Investigations and inspections
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The Department of Health is authorized to make such investigations and inspections as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 4-1410 Authority to charge or receive compensation for services; inability to pay adoption costs
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(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, neither the Mayor nor a child-placing agency authorized to perform services in connection with placement of a child in a family home for adoption may make or receive any charge or compensation for these services. (2) …
D.C. Code § 4-1421 Definitions
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The term “appropriate authority” as used in this compact means, with reference to the District of Columbia, the Director of the Child and Family Services Agency for children who have been abused or neglected and the Director of the Department of Human Services for all other child…
D.C. Code § 4-1422 Authority to enter into and execute Compact
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia (“District”) is authorized to execute a compact on behalf of the District with any state that legally joins the compact in the form substantially as follows: It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate in the interstate plac…
D.C. Code § 4-1423 Agreements with other states
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An officer of the District that has the authority to place children and an official of a private agency licensed as a child placement agency by the District government pursuant to subchapter I of this chapter, is authorized to enter into an agreement with the appropriate officer …
D.C. Code § 4-1424 Delinquent children, administrative hearing, judicial review
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(a) If a child is adjudicated delinquent and committed to the custody of the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (“DHS”), pursuant to § 16-2320, and DHS, pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (“Compact”) places the child in an…