# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

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

### Chapter 03 — Private Adoption

#### Regulation .21 Appeals.

*COMAR 07.05.03.21*

A. The agency shall have a written appeal process for adoption applicants, approved adoptive parents, and any other individuals who believe they are aggrieved as a result of agency actions.

B. An individual aggrieved by a decision of the agency or the Administration may:

  (1) First exhaust the appeal process within the agency; and

  (2) If the grievance is not addressed to the satisfaction of the aggrieved party through the agency process, request a fair hearing as set forth in COMAR 07.01.04.