                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHILDREN PLACED OUT OF COMMONWEALTH (§ 63.2-1105)

A. Any child-placing agency, licensed pursuant to Subtitle IV (&#xA7; 63.2-1700
et seq.), local board or court that takes or sends, or causes to be taken or
sent, any resident child out of the Commonwealth for the purpose of an
interstate or intercountry placement shall comply with the appropriate
provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (&#xA7;
63.2-1000 et seq.) or shall first obtain the consent of the Commissioner, given
in accordance with regulations of the Board relating to resident children so
taken or sent out of the Commonwealth.

B. The Board is authorized to adopt regulations for the placement of children
out of the Commonwealth by licensed child-placing agencies, local boards or
courts as are reasonably conducive to the welfare of such children and as comply
with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (&#xA7; 63.2-1000 et
seq.). Provided, however, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (d) of
Article II of the compact that exclude from the definition of
&#8220;placement&#8221; those institutions that care for individuals with mental
illness, intellectual disability, or epilepsy or any institution primarily
educational in character and any hospital or other medical facility, the Board
shall prescribe procedures and regulations to govern such placements out of the
Commonwealth by licensed child-placing agencies, local boards or courts.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 63-73; 1952, c. 409; 1960, c. 331; 1968, cc. 466, 578, §
63.1-56; 1975, cc. 248, 406; 1977, cc. 559, 562, 634, 645, § 63.1-207.1; 1980,
c. 40; 1978, c. 734; 1981, c. 75; 1984, c. 734; 1986, c. 281; 1991, c. 34; 1994,
c. 865; 1999, c. 889; 2002, c. 747; 2012, cc. 476, 507.