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. The following activities do not require a license as an agency: 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; 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 An attorney preparing adoption pleadings or performing any other normal function of the practice of law. To provide child placement services, an agency shall: Have an appropriate and current child placement agency license issued by the Administration; Comply with the regulations of this chapter; and As applicable, comply with one or more of the following COMAR chapters: COMAR 07.02.21 Treatment Foster Care, COMAR 07.05.02 Private Foster Care; COMAR 07.05.03 Private Adoption; and COMAR 07.05.04 Private Independent Living Program. The child placement agency license shall include the: Agency's identification as a licensed Maryland child placement agency; Name of the licensed agency; License number; Type of license; Address of the agency's office for which the license is issued; Effective date of the license; Expiration date of the license; and Signature of the Administration's executive director.