(a) With the exception of foster care maintenance services and child care services, a social services district may purchase services for eligible individuals from local public agencies, private nonprofit agencies or organizations and private proprietary agencies. Foster care maintenance services may be purchased only from authorized agencies as defined in section 371(10) of the Social Services Law. Foster care maintenance services for children placed outside of this State may be purchased from public agencies, private nonprofit agencies or organizations and private proprietary agencies operating outside of this State only when the placements comply with the interstate compact on the placement of children as set forth in section 374-a of the Social Services Law. Services for children with handicapping conditions provided in accordance with article 89 of the Education Law may be purchased from private proprietary agencies or organizations, and private nonprofit agencies or organizations. Specific child care services may be purchased only from those providers designated in Part 415 of this Title as eligible to provide that specific type of child care services. All such purchases are subject to the following conditions:

(b) In the case of services provided by purchase under emergency assistance to needy families with children (EAF), the conditions of paragraphs (a)(2), (5), (8) and (9) of this section need not be met, but only to the extent and for the period necessary to deal with the emergency situation.

(c) Services and foster care maintenance provided by purchase shall be subject to all other applicable requirements of this Subchapter.