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 5-509 – License for Child Care Institution
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall be licensed by the Administration as a child care institution before the person may operate an institution for the care, custody, or control of a minor child. (b) This section does not apply: (1) to an institution or facility that is operated by an agency of this […]
Section 5-509.1 – Licensing to Operate a Residential Educational Facility
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section and subject to subsection (c) of this section, on or after January 1, 2000, a person shall be licensed by the Administration before the person may operate a residential educational facility. (b) This section does not apply: (1) to a child care home that has a license […]
Section 5-510 – Applications for Licenses
To apply for a license under this subtitle, an applicant shall submit an application to the Administration on the form that the Administration requires.