# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 20. Residential Child Care Program Professionals

### Subtitle 3. Certification Process

#### Section 20-306

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may waive any examination requirement of this title for an individual who is certified as a program administrator in any other state that the Board determines has a comparable certification process to the one established in this title.

(b) The Board may grant a waiver under this section only if the applicant:

  (1) Is of good moral character;

  (2) Pays the application fee required by the Board under Sec. 20-303 of this subtitle; and

  (3) Provides adequate evidence that:

    (i) At the time the applicant was certified in the other state, the applicant was qualified to take the examination that then was required by the laws of this State;

    (ii) The applicant qualified for a certificate in the other state by passing an examination given in that or any other state; and

    (iii) The applicant has completed a State and national criminal history records check.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)