§ 21-103 Limitations on powers of commissioner as to destitute children.
AC § 21-103
In placing out, transferring or committing any such child, the commissioner, or any institution or society employed by the commissioner, when practicable, shall place out the child with an individual of the same religious faith as the parents of the child, or transfer or commit the child to an institution governed by persons of the same religious faith as the parents of the child. The commissioner shall commit such child only to an institution which the state board of social welfare has certified as having complied with the rules and regulations as established by such board for such institutions, pursuant to section one of article eight of the state constitution. The commissioner may commit such child to an institution situated without the city only if such board has also certified that such institution is properly protected against fire and other dangers.
