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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-4B-03" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="4B" subtitle_name="Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Director shall maintain a list of confidential intermediaries.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To qualify to be a confidential intermediary, an applicant shall meet the requirements of subsection (d) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the applicant is a child placement agency, the agency shall appoint an employee of the agency as the representative member to make the application on behalf of the agency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the applicant is an individual, the applicant shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>have completed at least 8 hours of training, approved by the Director, in providing search, contact, and reunion services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>meet any other qualifications that the Director establishes for confidential intermediaries.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the applicant is a child placement agency, each employee who will provide search, contact, and reunion services under this subtitle shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>have completed at least 8 hours of training, approved by the Director, in providing search, contact, and reunion services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>meet any other qualifications that the Director establishes for confidential intermediaries.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Director may establish a reasonable fee for an application under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The overall amount of fees collected may not exceed the costs of processing the applications.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
