N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:50-1.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 3A:50-1.8 - Eligibility for a certificate of approval

(a) Any public or private firm, partnership, corporation, association, or agency located within or outside the State of New Jersey that provides adoption services to families in New Jersey or to children from New Jersey, whether as part or all of its function, shall secure and maintain a certificate of approval.

(b) The following are not subject to certification requirements under the law:

1. Foster care programs, unless operated as a support to, or as an integral part of the agency's adoption program, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:50-1.6;

2. Self-help or support groups that operate independent of an agency and provide adoption-related information or supportive peer assistance to members;

3. Lawyers, law offices or legal services offices that provide only legal services as permitted under the law and court rules;

4. Agencies, organizations, or independent professionals that do not place children for adoption, but provide social work services, mental health, family services, or similar services, to the general public, including adoptive families who may choose to use their services;

5. Unpaid intermediaries, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:50-1.6;

6. Providers of commercial services that are not used primarily for or represented as facilitating the adoption of children, including general-interest advertising, transportation, communication, and medical services; and

7. Out-of-State agencies operating as specified at N.J.A.C. 3A:50-1.4(a)1 and 2.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:50-1.8

Amended by R.1992 d.514, effective 12/21/1992.
See: 24 N.J.R. 3500(a), 24 N.J.R. 4552(a).
Adoptive parent recruitment and information services added at (a)6 and 7.
Recodified from 10:121A-1.7 and amended by R.1995 d.431, effective 8/7/1995.
See: 27 N.J.R. 661(a), 27 N.J.R. 2922(a).
Deleted (a)6 and (a)7 and added an exemption to certification requirements for unpaid intermediaries at (b)5.
Former N.J.A.C. 10:121A-1.8, Inter-country adoption, was repealed by R.1995 d.431.
Amended by R.2016 d.052, effective 6/6/2016.
See: 47 N.J.R. 3078(a), 48 N.J.R. 103(a), 48 N.J.R. 965(a).
Rewrote (a); in (b)2, substituted the second occurrence of "or" for "and/or"; in (b)4, inserted a comma following "organizations" and following the second occurrence of "services"; in (b)5, substituted a semicolon for a period; and added (b)6 and (b)7.