Section 5-533 – Health Care Services by Residential Facilities for Children
(a) (1) In this section, “residential facility for children” means a public or private facility that provides shelter for minors for more than 30 consecutive days in an out-of-home placement. (2) “Residential facility for children” includes: (i) a child care institution or child care home licensed under this title; (ii) a group home, runaway home, residential treatment program, or independent […]
Section 5-519 – Powers of Administration
(a) In connection with the issuance, suspension, or revocation of a license under this subtitle, the Administration may investigate the policies, purposes, premises, and facilities of a licensee or an applicant for a license. (b) The Director of the Administration may petition an equity court to enjoin the activities and operations of a person who seeks to […]
Section 5-534 – Kinship Care Program
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Kinship caregiver” means an individual: (i) with whom a child who is in the care, custody, or guardianship of the local department may be placed for temporary or long–term care other than adoption; and (ii) who is approved by the local department under subsection (e) of this […]
Section 5-520 – Duties of Licensees
(a) In placing a minor child for adoption or in giving the care, custody, or control of a minor child to any person, a licensee shall give preference to persons of the same religious belief as that of the child or the child’s parents unless the parents specifically indicate a different choice. (b) A person authorized to […]
Section 5-521 – Penalties for Violation of Part Ii
A person who, in violation of any provision of this Part II of this subtitle, exercises care, custody, or control of a minor child unrelated by blood or marriage or makes a placement of a minor child unrelated by blood or marriage is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine […]
Section 5-524 – Child Welfare Services
The Administration shall provide child welfare services to a child and the child’s parent or guardian: (1) to assist in preventing the necessity of placing the child outside of the child’s home; (2) to reunite the child with the child’s parent or guardian after the child has been placed in foster care; or (3) if the child has […]
Section 5-525 – Out-of-Home Placement and Foster Care — in General
(a) (1) In this section, “disability” means: (i) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities; (ii) a record of having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s major life activities; or (iii) being regarded as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially […]
Section 5-525.1 – Out-of-Home Placement and Foster Care — Adoption
(a) If a child placement agency to which a child is committed under § 5-525 of this subtitle determines that adoption of the child is in the best interest of the child, the child placement agency shall refer the case to the agency attorney within 60 days of the determination and the agency attorney shall file […]
Section 5-525.2 – Out-of-Home Placement and Foster Care — Sibling Placement and Visitation Rights
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Sibling” means a brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by adoption. (3) “Treatment foster care home” means an out–of–home placement facility that is part of a program designed and implemented by a child placement agency to provide intensive casework and treatment in […]
Section 5-526 – Out-of-Home Placement and Foster Care — Provision of Services Through Group Homes and Institutions
(a) (1) The Department shall provide for the care, diagnosis, training, education, and rehabilitation of children by placing them in group homes and institutions that are operated by for-profit or nonprofit charitable corporations. (2) Any group home utilized under the provisions of this section shall comply with the provisions of §§ 5-507 through 5-509 of this subtitle and […]