Regulation .03 Requirements for Licensure.
Regulation .03 Requirements for Licensure.LinkCopy Citation
A.
Except as provided in §B of this regulation, a person may not operate an agency or engage in the placement of children without a license from OLM.
B.
The following activities do not require a license as an agency:
(1)
An individual placing a child with another individual related to the child by blood or marriage within four degrees of consanguinity or affinity according to the civil law rule, Family Law Article, §5-507(b), Annotated Code of Maryland;
(2)
A child's parent or grandparent placing the child directly without the intervention of any other person except for the recipient of the child; or
(3)
An attorney preparing adoption pleadings or performing any other normal function of the practice of law.
C.
To provide child placement services, an agency shall:
(1)
Have an appropriate and current child placement agency license issued by the Administration;
(2)
Comply with the regulations of this chapter; and
(3)
As applicable, comply with one or more of the following COMAR chapters:
(a)
COMAR 07.02.21 Treatment Foster Care,
(b)
COMAR 07.05.02 Private Foster Care;
(c)
COMAR 07.05.03 Private Adoption; and
(d)
COMAR 07.05.04 Private Independent Living Program.
D.
The child placement agency license shall include the:
(1)
Agency's identification as a licensed Maryland child placement agency;
(2)
Name of the licensed agency;
(3)
License number;
(4)
Type of license;
(5)
Address of the agency's office for which the license is issued;
(6)
Effective date of the license;
(7)
Expiration date of the license; and
(8)
Signature of the Administration's executive director.