# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

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

### Chapter 03 — Private Adoption

#### Regulation .03 Regulatory Requirements for Private Adoption Services.

*COMAR 07.05.03.03*

A. To provide private adoption services, an agency shall:

  (1) Be licensed as a child placement agency by the Administration in accordance with COMAR 07.05.01; and

  (2) Have a written service plan which meets the requirements of this chapter.

B. To provide adoption search, contact, and reunion services (search services), the agency shall:

  (1) Satisfy the requirements in §A of this regulation; and

  (2) Have a written plan which meets the search services requirements of COMAR 07.02.12.

C. An agency or individual shall satisfy the requirements of §A of this regulation to:

  (1) Advertise adoption services through the media;

  (2) Conduct public meetings for the purpose of soliciting potential clients; or

  (3) Recruit in any other way potential adoptive parents or locate children for adoption in Maryland.