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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="20-205" title_number="20" title_name="Residential Child Care Program Professionals" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to the powers and duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board in consultation with the Children’s Cabinet shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Establish standards for the certification of applicants;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Conduct a continuing study and investigation of program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners to improve:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Certification standards; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Procedures for enforcing these standards;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Establish a tiered certification structure for residential child and youth care practitioners; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Devise examinations and adopt investigative procedures to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Determine whether program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners meet the standards adopted by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Assure that program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners continue to meet these standards.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Maintain a registry of all program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Submit an annual report to the Governor and Children’s Cabinet;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Adopt a code of ethics that the Board considers appropriate and applicable to the program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Establish continuing education requirements for the program administrators certified by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Establish training and continuing education requirements for the residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Create committees as it deems appropriate to advise the Board on special issues.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
