22 C.F.R. § 96.44 Acting as primary provider.
Title 22 - Foreign Relations
(a) When required by §96.14(a), the agency or person acts as primary provider and adheres to the provisions in §96.14(b) through (e). When acting as the primary provider, the agency or person develops and implements a service plan for providing all adoption services and provides all such services, either directly or through arrangements with supervised providers, exempted providers, public domestic authorities, competent authorities, Central Authorities, public foreign authorities, or, to the extent permitted by §96.14(c), other foreign providers (agencies, persons, or other non-governmental entities). (b) The agency or person has an organizational structure, financial and personnel resources, and policies and procedures in place that demonstrate that the agency or person is capable of acting as a primary provider in any Convention adoption case and, when acting as the primary provider, provides appropriate supervision to supervised providers and verifies the work of other foreign providers in accordance with §§96.45 and 96.46.
Title 22: Foreign Relations
PART 96—ACCREDITATION OF AGENCIES AND APPROVAL OF PERSONS UNDER THE INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION ACT OF 2000 (IAA)
Subpart F—Standards for Convention Accreditation and Approval
Service Planning and Delivery
§ 96.44 Acting as primary provider.
