110 CMR, § 7.519 - Enforcement

(1) Whenever the Compact is applicable anyone sending, bringing or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving state a child in violation of the terms of the Compact shall also be deemed to be in violation of the laws respecting the placement of children of the receiving state and of the state in which the sending agency is located or from which it sends or brings the child. The term anyone in the preceding sentence shall include a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) A violation of the terms of the Interstate Compact shall also be a violation of M.G.L. c. 119, § 36; M.G.L. c. 15D, §§ 6(c), 6(e) and 15(a) and M.G.L. c. 210, as applicable, together with such other statutes and regulations of the Commonwealth as are applicable to the placement of children.

(3) The Department may, in its discretion, refer matters involving violation of the terms of the Interstate Compact or any of the above-listed statutes to any appropriate investigatory or prosecutorial agency or board in the sending state or the receiving state, including but not limited to the Office of the Attorney General, Office of the District Attorney, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Early Education and Care, Board of Bar Overseers.

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110 CMR, § 7.519