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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="8-701" title_number="8" title_name="Children, Youth, and Families" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Residential Child Care Programs -- General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Agency” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Maryland Department of Health;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Department of Human Services; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Department of Juvenile Services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Certified program administrator” means an individual who is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>certified by the State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals under Title 20 of the Health Occupations Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>responsible for the day–to–day management and operation of a residential child care program and for assuring the care, treatment, safety, and protection of the children in the residential child care program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Plan” means the State Resource Plan for Residential Child Care Programs.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Provider” means a for profit or nonprofit entity licensed by an agency to operate a residential child care program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Except as provided in § 8–707 of this subtitle, “residential child care program” does not include sites licensed by the Developmental Disabilities Administration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
