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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 07.05.04.04" title_num="07" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="04" heading="Admission.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The private independent living program administration shall establish written admission requirements which:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Identify the residents to be served;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Identify the staff person or persons designated to make recommendations and decisions regarding admission to the private independent living program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Document the potential resident's legal custody status;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Document the agency's sharing of policies and rules with the potential resident;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Require that a potential resident:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is 16 through 20 years old;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Understands the private independent living program goals;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Agrees to the goals of the private independent living program;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Exhibits a readiness to live in a minimally supervised independent living setting; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Has an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of 65 or above; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Require that, if the potential resident is in the custody of a local department, the Department of Juvenile Services, or another referring organization, the agency may not accept the resident for placement if it does not have on file and available to the resident the following documents:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Medical passport and history or other current medical information;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Educational history;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Psychosocial history;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If appropriate, psychiatric or psychological evaluations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Documentation of birth; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Social Security number.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The agency child placement worker shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Prior to admission:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Complete a written agency preplacement assessment based on:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>At least one face-to-face interview with a potential resident;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Interviews with representatives from the referring organization;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Written documentation provided by the referring organization; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Matching of the potential resident with the agency's provider profile or other referring organization material; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Recommend in writing, admission or rejection based on an evaluation of the potential resident's:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Social skills;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Ability to understand the benefits of living alone;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Educational status;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Ability to maintain a clean and orderly living environment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Ability to set realistic goals;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>At the time of admission, complete and write a placement agreement for signature by the new resident and the agency's chief administrator or the chief administrator's designee which describes the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Resident's responsibilities to the agency;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Resident's responsibility to participate in a high school or graduation equivalency diploma program, college, university, or private career school program, work or apprenticeship program, or employment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Agency's responsibilities to the resident; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Specific expectations of the resident to move toward the goal of self-sufficiency.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>