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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-2703" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Unaccompanied Minors in Need of Shelter and Supportive Services">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before providing shelter and supportive services to an unaccompanied minor in need of shelter, a service provider shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>register with the Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>develop and implement a procedure to screen each staff member who works with minors, including through a State and national criminal history records check or a private agency background check conducted in accordance with § 4–2708 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>obtain written consent from the unaccompanied minor in need of shelter.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The written consent from the unaccompanied minor in need of shelter shall state the minor’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>age;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>guardianship status, if known; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>living situation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A service provider may not provide shelter to a minor if the service provider has knowledge that the minor:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>knowingly provided false information in the written consent required under subsection (a) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>does not meet the definition of an unaccompanied minor in need of shelter under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
