Section 1625 - Compact applicabilityA. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph B of this Article, the compact shall apply to all of the following:(1) The interstate placement of a child subject to ongoing court jurisdiction in the sending state, due to allegations or findings that the child has been abused, neglected, or deprived as defined by the laws of the sending state, provided, however, that the placement of such a child into a residential facility shall require only notice of residential placement to the receiving state prior to placement.(2) The interstate placement of a child adjudicated delinquent or unmanageable based on the laws of the sending state and subject to ongoing court jurisdiction of the sending state if any of the following apply:(a) The child is being placed in a residential facility in another member state and is not covered under another compact.(b) The child is being placed in another member state and the determination of safety and suitability of the placement and services required is not provided through another compact.(3) The interstate placement of any child by a public child placing agency or private child placing agency as defined in the compact as a preliminary step to a possible adoption.B. The provisions of the compact shall not apply to: (1) The interstate placement of a child in a custody proceeding in which a public child placing agency is not a party, provided that the placement is not intended to effectuate an adoption.(2) The interstate placement of a child with a nonrelative in a receiving state by a parent with the legal authority to make such a placement provided, however, that the placement is not intended to effectuate an adoption.(3) The interstate placement of a child by one relative with the lawful authority to make such a placement directly with a relative in a receiving state.(4) The placement of a child, not subject to Paragraph A of this Article, into a residential facility by his parent.(5) The placement of a child with a noncustodial parent provided all of the following exist: (a) The noncustodial parent proves to the satisfaction of a court in the sending state a substantial relationship with the child.(b) The court in the sending state makes a written finding that placement with the noncustodial parent is in the best interests of the child.(c) The court in the sending state dismisses its jurisdiction in interstate placements in which the public child placing agency is a party to the proceeding.(6) A child entering the United States from a foreign country for the purpose of adoption or leaving the United States to go to a foreign country for the purpose of adoption in that country.(7) A child who is a United States citizen living overseas with a United States armed services member stationed overseas, is removed and placed in a state.(8) The sending of a child by a public child placing agency or a private child placing agency for a visit as defined by the rules of the Interstate Commission.C. For purposes of determining the applicability of the compact to the placement of a child with a family in the armed services, the public child placing agency or private child placing agency may choose the state of the service member's permanent duty station or the service member's declared legal residence.D. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit the concurrent application of the provisions of the compact with other applicable interstate compacts including the Interstate Compact for Juveniles and the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. The Interstate Commission may in cooperation with other interstate compact commissions having responsibility for the interstate movement, placement or transfer of children, promulgate like rules to ensure the coordination of services, timely placement of children, and the reduction of unnecessary or duplicative administrative or procedural requirements.