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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-533" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Child Care; Foster Care">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “residential facility for children” means a public or private facility that provides shelter for minors for more than 30 consecutive days in an out-of-home placement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Residential facility for children” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a child care institution or child care home licensed under this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a group home, runaway home, residential treatment program, or independent living program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a State facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a certified drug abuse facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a certified alcohol abuse facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Residential facility for children” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a foster care home;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a hospital, hospice, or medical care facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a regional institute for children and adolescents.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A residential facility for children shall maintain contracts or other agreements with appropriate health care providers to provide the following health care services for each child who resides in the facility for more than 30 consecutive days:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a physical examination and necessary medical treatment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>appropriate mental health services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 30 days after a child is placed in a residential facility for children the residential facility shall ensure that a health care provider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>conducts a physical examination of the child; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provides a report on the findings of the examination to the residential facility for children where the child resides.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Upon the finding of a court of competent jurisdiction, a residential facility for children that violates this section shall be fined $25 per day per child for each day that the violation exists.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a fine is imposed on a residential facility for children, the director or the administrator of the residential facility for children may be liable for payment of the fine.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
