As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the phrase 'appropriate authority in receiving state' shall mean the Department of Human Services with reference to placement in foster care or as a placement to a possible adoption and the Department of Human Services with reference to institutional care of delinquent children.
U.S. Virgin Islands Legal Code
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U.S. Virgin Islands § 124 — U.S. Virgin Islands law