Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Advisory Committee

The commission is involved in examining individual applications for authorisation and applications for approval to take on one or more children. In each department, it is made up of: 1° A magistrate acting as a children’s judge and appointed by the first president of the court of appeal, who is the chairman; 2° The academic director of national education services acting on behalf of the education authority rector or his…

The committee meets when convened by the administrative authority defined in article R. 7124-1, as often as necessary. It submits a detailed opinion on each application for individual authorisation or approval submitted to it. Its deliberations are valid only when at least three of its members, including the person responsible for chairing it, have given their opinion. It delivers its opinion by a majority of the votes of the members…

The committee’s secretariat is responsible for keeping files on each child.