The local departments of social services are agencies of the Department of Human Services and guided by COMAR 07.01.03.

Authority: Criminal Law Article, §4-208;Article 27, §578; Article 88A, §§2(b)(2) and 5(a); Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 31, 1995 (22:15 Md. R. 1118)

Chapter revised effective January 25, 1999 (26:2 Md. R. 105)