# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

## Subtitle 05 — Social Services Administration—Private Child Placement Agencies

### Chapter 01 — License for Private Child Placement Agencies

#### Regulation .03 Requirements for Licensure.

*COMAR 07.05.01.03*

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.