9:7-1. Consent of Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies

A public or private agency of any State accredited in such State for the placement of children, or any person whose home is approved by any such agency for the placement of a child, desiring to bring, send, or receive into this State any dependent child for the purpose of placing such child in any home in this State, may apply for the consent and approval of the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies entitling such agency or person to the privilege of bringing, sending, or receiving into this State such child for placement in conformity with such rules and regulations of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies consistent herewith as it may from time to time adopt.

Each and every application for consent and approval as provided in this section must be submitted on the form approved by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for the purpose and must be accompanied by a certificate or other available evidence that the applicant has obtained a license or approval as may be granted or required by the State Department of Welfare or similar body, or officer exercising similar authority, of the State from which the child is to be brought or sent into this State.

No consent and approval shall be given by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies for the sending, bringing or receiving of any child into this State for placement for purposes of adoption unless such placement has been approved by an agency approved to place children for adoption under the laws of this State.

Amended by L.1949, c. 161, p. 544, s. 1; L.1956, c. 86, p. 176, s. 1.