Section 7.503 - Applicability of the Interstate Compact and M.G.L. c. 119, section 36(1) The Interstate Compact shall apply whenever a sending agency from a state which is a party to the Compact sends, brings, or causes to be sent or to be brought into any other state which is a party to the Compact, any child for placement in foster care or residential or group care, or for placement in a relative's home [other than those persons named in 110 CMR 7.503(3) ] or for placement preliminary to a possible adoption.(2) Placements made to the Commonwealth by sending agencies from non-member states and foreign countries, or made by the Commonwealth to non-member states and foreign countries, are not subject to the Compact but such placements made to the Commonwealth are subject to the provisions of M.G.L. c. 119, § 36 unless the placement is between persons both of whom are persons listed in 110 CMR 7.503(3).(3) Neither the Interstate Compact procedures nor the provisions of M.G.L. c. 119, § 36 shall apply when the sending agency is the child's parent, step-parent, grandparent, adult brother or adult sister, adult uncle or adult aunt, or non-agency guardian and the receiving agency is likewise any such relative of the child or a non-agency guardian.(4) The Interstate Compact shall apply to court orders unless they relate to cases exempted by Article VIII of the Compact.(5) The Interstate Compact shall not apply to placements which occurred prior to the date of enactment of the Compact by either the state of the sending agency or the state of the receiving agency; however, the provisions of M.G.L. c. 119, § 36 shall apply if otherwise applicable.(6) Neither the Interstate Compact nor the provisions of M.G.L. c. 119, § 36 shall apply to any placement with an institution primarily educational in character, any institution caring for the mentally ill or mentally defective or epileptic, or any hospital or other medical facility.(7) Neither the Interstate Compact nor M.G.L. c. 119, § 36 shall apply to a visit.(8) The Interstate Compact shall apply to any stay across state borders whenever the sending agency requests a home study or supervision of a child by the receiving state.(9) The provisions of M.G.L. c. 119, § 36 shall not apply to a sending agency which is a public agency in another state that is a party to the Interstate Compact.(10) Adoptions by residents of Massachusetts who finalize the adoption of out-of-state or out-of-country children in another state or country are not governed by either the Interstate Compact or by M.G.L. c. 119, § 36. This exception applies only to cases where the adoption of the child is completed before the child enters the Commonwealth for the first time.(11) Both the Interstate Compact and M.G.L. c. 119, § 36 apply, if otherwise applicable, to adoption by residents of Massachusetts who send, bring or cause to be sent or to be brought a child into the Commonwealth pending the finalization of the adoption in another state or country.(12) The Interstate Compact shall not apply when a placement is made pursuant to any other interstate compact to which both the sending state and the receiving state are parties or pursuant to any other agreement between the states which has the force of law.