Section 405-A. Institution for children; approval of certificate  


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  • Every  certificate of incorporation which includes among its corporate
      purposes, the authority to care for children through  the  establishment
      or  operation  of  an  institution for destitute, delinquent, abandoned,
      neglected or dependent children shall have endorsed thereon  or  annexed
      thereto  the  approval  of  the  office of children and family services.
      Provided, however, nothing herein shall authorize  such  corporation  to
      place  out  or  board  out  children,  as those terms are defined in the
      social services law, or to care for children in a facility other than an
      institution possessing an operating certificate issued by the office  of
      children  and  family services. No certificate of incorporation shall be
      approved pursuant to this section on or after June first,  two  thousand
      seven.