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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 07.05.01.14" title_num="07" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="01" heading="Employee Qualifications.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>All agency employees shall meet the qualifications pursuant to this regulation and Regulations .09 and .13 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Specific Position Qualifications. The agency shall employ a chief administrator and a sufficient number of qualified employees to perform administrative, supervisory, placement, supportive, and professional services to meet the needs of the agency.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Qualifications of Specific Positions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Chief Administrator.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The chief administrator shall be a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Maryland-licensed certified social worker;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Maryland-licensed psychologist or physician practicing as a psychiatrist; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Member of the Maryland Bar if the agency provides only adoption services in compliance with COMAR 07.05.03 and this chapter.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The chief administrator shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Have 4 years direct experience in child welfare; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Be a full-time employee of the agency.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The director of child placement services shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Have a master's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Have at least 2 years experience in child placement; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Be a Maryland-licensed social worker.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A child placement supervisor shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Have a master's degree from an accredited school of social work; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be a Maryland-licensed social worker.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A child placement worker employed by an agency with a license to provide treatment foster care placements or private adoptions shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Have a master’s degree from an accredited school of social work or a master's degree in counseling from an accredited school; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Have a Bachelor’s of Social Work or Bachelor's of Family Science from an accredited school and be supervised by a Maryland-licensed master’s level social worker.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A child placement worker employed by an agency with a license to provide private foster care placements or independent living program placements shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in an appropriate behavioral science, such as child development, sociology, psychology, counseling, nursing, criminology, juvenile justice, human growth and development, human services, mental health, or human resources management, that includes at least 30 credit hours in human services or human development; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be supervised by a Maryland-licensed master’s level social worker.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>