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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 07.05.03.03" title_num="07" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="03" heading="Regulatory Requirements for Private Adoption Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To provide private adoption services, an agency shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be licensed as a child placement agency by the Administration in accordance with COMAR 07.05.01; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have a written service plan which meets the requirements of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To provide adoption search, contact, and reunion services (search services), the agency shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Satisfy the requirements in §A of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have a written plan which meets the search services requirements of COMAR 07.02.12.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An agency or individual shall satisfy the requirements of §A of this regulation to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Advertise adoption services through the media;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Conduct public meetings for the purpose of soliciting potential clients; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Recruit in any other way potential adoptive parents or locate children for adoption in Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>