1. A. A certificate may not be transferred to another residence or provider.

2. B. Time Limitation.

   1. (1) A certificate is valid for 1 year from the date of issuance.
   2. (2) A temporary certificate is valid for 90 days from the date of issuance.

3. C. Level of Care. A residence certified for:

   1. (1) Level D may have applicants at Levels A, B, C, or D;
   2. (2) Level C may have only applicants at Level A, B, or C;
   3. (3) Level B may have only applicants at Level A or B; or
   4. (4) Level A shall have only applicants at Level A.

4. D. Number of Residents.

   1. (1) A provider may not provide care for more than the number of CARE residents stated on the certificate.

   2. (2) A CARE home may have not more than:

      1. (a) Four CARE residents in a provider's home;
      2. (b) Four CARE residents, exclusive of staff, for a supervised apartment, unless the supervised apartment was certified prior to January 1, 2007 in which case it may be a CARE home with more than four residents; or
      3. (c) Eight CARE residents, exclusive of staff, for a group home, unless the group home was certified prior to January 1, 2007 in which case it may be a CARE home with more than eight CARE residents.
5. E. Non-CARE Residents. A provider may not provide care to a non-CARE resident. All residents not a member of the provider's family shall be placed there by the Project Home Program.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§19-1801—19-1806; Human Services Article, §§6-508—6-513; Annotated Code of Maryland
(Agency Note: Federal Regulatory Reference: 45 CFR Part 1397)

Effective date: February 24, 1986 (13:4 Md. R. 395)

Regulations .02, .03, .07, and .08 amended; new Regulation .16 adopted; and existing Regulations .16 and .17 recodified to be .17 and .18 as an emergency provision effective February 24, 1986 (13:6 Md. R. 667); emergency status expired June 30, 1986

Regulations .02I, K; .03C; .07; .08A amended effective July 13, 1986 (13:14 Md. R. 1631)

Regulations .16 and .17 recodified to .17 and .18, and new Regulation .16 adopted effective July 13, 1986 (13:14 Md. R. 1631)

Chapter 20 “C.A.R.E. Program” revised as Chapter 20 “Certified Adult Residential Environment (C.A.R.E.) Program” effective October 3, 1988 (15:20 Md. R. 2333)

Regulation .10A amended effective November 1, 1990 (17:20 Md. R. 2424)

Recodified from COMAR 07.02.20 to 07.06.15, December, 1992

Regulations .01—.18, Certified Adult Residential Environment C.A.R.E.(CARE) Program repealed effective June 11, 2001 (28:11 Md. R. 1053)

Regulations .01—.17, Certified Adult Residential Environment (CARE) Program adopted effective June 11, 2001 (28:11 Md. R. 1053)

Regulation .01 amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .02B amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .03A amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .04 amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .05 amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .06C, D amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .07 amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .08 amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .10 amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .11 amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .12C amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .14A amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .15A amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .16C amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 07.06.15 to COMAR 07.02.19, effective June, 2009

Regulation .01C amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .02B amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .03A amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .04 amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .05A, L amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .06C amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .07 amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .08B amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .10B amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .12C amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .13A, B amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .14A amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)

Regulation .16B amended effective April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 353)