qualified entity

(2) Qualified entities In paragraph (1), the term “qualified entity” means— (A) a nonprofit private entity that has expertise in developing and administering standards for entities providing child welfare services and that meets such other criteria as the Secretary may by regulation establish; or (B) a public entity (other than a Federal entity), including an agency or instrumentality of State government having responsibility for licensing adoption agencies, that— (i) has expertise in developing and administering standards for entities providing child welfare services; (ii) accredits only agencies located in the State in which the public entity is located; and (iii) meets such other criteria as the Secretary may by regulation establish.

Source

42 USC § 14922(a)(2)

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Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (subchapter II) of this section.

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