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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 07.05.04.09" title_num="07" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="04" heading="Placement Termination.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The agency shall terminate placement if the resident:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Moves to another agency or private independent living program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is legally emancipated;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Decides to leave the private independent living program voluntarily;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Has reached the goal of self-sufficiency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Is in serious violation of the agency's rules or requirements of this chapter; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Is notified that the resident's legal commitment is terminated.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If a resident becomes pregnant or impregnates a female after admission to the private independent living program, the resident shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The subject of a staffing review convened within 14 days after discovery that shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The agency's chief administrator;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The agency's child placement worker;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A representative from the referring organization; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>At least one representative from the Administration;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Terminated from the private independent living program within 30 days after the staffing review, unless the written staffing review report:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is delivered to the Administration within 20 days of the staffing review; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Recommends an option other than termination to the Administration;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Terminated immediately from the private independent living program if the Administration, within 10 days after receiving the staffing review report, decides that the most responsible action is immediate termination of the resident from the program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Maintained in the private independent living program based on the recommended option of the staffing review report and the acceptance of such option by the Administration within 10 days after receiving the staffing review report; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Maintained in the private independent living program based on a revised recommended option negotiated by the Administration with the agency and the referring organization within 20 days after receipt of the staffing review report by the Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When a placement is terminated, the agency child placement worker shall, unless emergency conditions or conditions threatening agency property maintenance exist:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Meet with the resident at least two weeks before termination;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Discuss the reasons for termination with the resident and referring organization;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Send a written explanation for the termination to the referring organization; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Prepare the resident's records for permanent maintenance by the agency.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>