# Human Services (GHU)

## Title 8. Children, Youth, and Families

### Subtitle 8. Residential Child Care Programs -- Corporate Responsibility and Governance

#### Section 8-801

In this subtitle, "licensing agency":

(1) means the agency designated by the Office as responsible for licensing a residential child care program; and

(2) includes the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Juvenile Services.

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