Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 63.2-1105 - Children placed out of CommonwealthA. Any child-placing agency, licensed pursuant to Subtitle IV (§ 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 (§ 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 (§ 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 "placement" 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.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.Amended by Acts 2012, § cc. 476, 507.Amended by Acts 2002, § c. 747.Amended by Acts 1999, § c. 889.Amended by Acts 1994, § c. 865.Amended by Acts 1991, § c. 34.Amended by Acts 1986, § c. 281.Amended by Acts 1984, § c. 734.Amended by Acts 1981, § c. 75.Amended by Acts 1980, § c. 40.Amended by Acts 1978, § c. 734.Amended by Acts 1977, § cc. 559, 562, 634, 645, § 63.1-207.1.Amended by Acts 1975, § cc. 248, 406.Amended by Acts 1968, § cc. 466, 578, § 63.1-56.Amended by Acts 1960, § c. 331.Amended by Acts 1952, § c. 409.