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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-610" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Community-Based Residential Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An applicant for certificate of approval shall submit an application to the Department on the form that the Secretary requires.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The application shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be signed and verified by the applicant; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide the information that the Secretary requires, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name and address of the applicant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The street address of the property where the private group home is to be located or, if no address, a description which identifies the property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If the applicant does not own the property, the name of the owner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A statement that the applicant will comply with the laws, rules, and regulations that relate to the establishing and operating of private group homes under this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A statement that the applicant has sufficient resources to establish a private group home, or that those resources are available to the applicant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A statement that the applicant’s facilities meet the federal regulation requirements on program accessibility (45 C.F.R. §§ 84.21 through 84.23); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A statement that the applicant will:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Establish and implement a safety plan for the safety of individuals served by the private group home; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Implement a safety or emergency plan established for the private group home for another purpose.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
