43-18-5 - "Appropriate authority in the receiving state" defined.
§ 43-18-5. "Appropriate authority in the receiving state" defined.
As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the phrase "appropriate authority in the receiving state" with reference to this state shall mean the state department of public welfare or, with the approval of the commissioner of the state department of public welfare, any county department of public welfare.
Sources: Laws, 1976, ch. 428, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved May 6, 1976).