Ts'ai Shu-ming of CSS explains that would be adopting parents must be Christian (Cathwel does not have this condition), less than 40 years old, healthy (except for inability to conceive), not have their own children, and not have any record of divorce or crime.
救世會的醫療督導蔡淑明解釋，申請認養的父母，必須具備以下的條件：夫妻均是基督徒（福利會無此規定），四十歲以下，除不孕外，身體健康、沒自己的孩子，及沒離婚、犯罪紀錄等。