2010 Tennessee Code
Title 37 - Juveniles
Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services
Part 5 - Child Care Agencies
37-5-507 - Unlicensed placement of children for care or adoption.
37-5-507. Unlicensed placement of children for care or adoption.
(a) Private individuals, including midwives, physicians, nurses, hospital officials, lawyers and the officials of any nonchartered or nonlicensed child caring institution, child placing agency, or maternity home, are forbidden to engage in placing children for temporary care or for adoption.
(b) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
[Acts 2000, ch. 981, § 25.]
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