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4-1401Purpose of subchapter.4-1402“Child-placing agency” defined; license required.4-1404Application for issuance of licenses.4-1405Persons and agencies authorized to place children; custody, control and visitation by agencies; confidentiality of records.4-1405.01Agreements with foreign agencies.4-1406Parental rights; termination or relinquishment; vesting in agencies or Mayor; exercise in adoption proceedings.4-1407Refusal to issue, revocation or suspension of licenses; reinstatement or reissuance.4-1407.01Agency required to check enumerated registers for child abuse or neglect; effect of failure of agency to check or obtain information.4-1408Violations; prosecution.4-1409Investigations and inspections.4-1410Authority to charge or receive compensation for services; inability to pay adoption costs.