Exempted provider
Exempted provider means a social work professional or organization that performs a home study on prospective adoptive parent or a child background study (or both) in the United States in connection with an intercountry adoption (including any reports or updates), but that is not currently providing and has not previously provided any other adoption service in the case.
Source
22 CFR § 96.2
Scoping language
As used in this part, the term: