# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 20. Residential Child Care Program Professionals

### Subtitle 3. Certification Process

#### Section 20-309

A certificate authorizes:

(1) An individual who is a program administrator to administer a residential child care program while the certificate is effective; or

(2) An individual who is a residential child and youth care practitioner to perform direct responsibilities related to activities of daily living, self-help, and socialization skills in a residential child care program while the certificate is effective.

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