The terms of adopters prescribed in subparagraph 5-2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 8 shall not only conform to the Civil Code and other relevant laws, but also include health and mental conditions, personal characteristics, economic capability, the age gap between adopters and adopted children and youth, the condition of participating in preparation educational courses, adoption willingness and the existence of a criminal record or not, etc. However, any discrimination limit against adopters shall not be allowed.
The preceding criminal record shall be limited to its influence on the adopter’s parental capability.