Use of Advertising and Facilitators in Adoptive Placements
Use of Advertisement Citation: Ann. Code § 18-1512A
No person or entity shall publish or broadcast on radio or television an advertisement or notice of a child or children offered or wanted for adoption, or claim through such advertisement to have the ability to place, locate, dispose, or receive a child or children for adoption, unless the person or entity is a duly authorized agent or employee of the Department of Health and Welfare or an institution licensed by the department to care for and place children.
A licensed attorney from advertising his or her ability to practice or provide services related to the adoption of children
Physicians and other health-care providers from assisting or providing natural and adoptive parents with medical care necessary to initiate and complete adoptive placements
Use of Intermediaries/Facilitators
This issue is not addressed in the statutes reviewed.
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