Article 111. General provisions of the Code on Marriage (Matrimony) and Family of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. Adoption agencies are subject to accreditation (hereinafter referred to as - agencies), the founders of which are citizens of the state where the agency is located, who have been carrying out their activities in the specified field on the territory of their state for at least ten years at the time of applying for accreditation by establishing branches or representative offices, as well as non-profit organizations, the founders of which are citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, engaged in activities to protect the rights and interests of orphaned children, children who have been left without parental care are at least five years old at the time of applying for accreditation.

2. The accreditation is carried out before the registration of the agency's branch and/or representative office.

3. Employees of the agency, branch and (or) representative office of the agency, as well as employees of the organization for assistance in the placement of orphaned children, children left without parental care, in the families of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan may not be employees of the authorized body in the field of protection of children's rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan, local executive bodies, organizations for orphans, children left without parental care, including their spouses and close relatives, as well as persons with or who had a criminal record, those who are or have been subjected to criminal prosecution (with the exception of persons whose criminal prosecution has been terminated on the basis of paragraphs 1) and 2) of the first part of Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan) for criminal offenses: murder, intentional harm to health, against public health and morals, sexual integrity, for extremist or terrorist crimes, human trafficking.

4. The rules for the accreditation of agencies and organizations to assist in the placement of orphaned children, children left without parental care, in the families of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan are approved by the authorized body in the field of protection of children's rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

5. The total number of accredited agencies in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan should not exceed twenty.

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