The local department may deny an application if:
- A. The applicant, a household member, or the home in which the child in care will be placed fails to meet the requirements of this chapter;
- B. The local department’s evaluation of the application materials reveals that the applicant knowingly reported false information;
- C. The local department, another department, or a private child placement agency has previously denied or revoked a license of the applicant as a resource home, kinship home, or adoptive resource unless the local department is satisfied that the condition that was the basis for the denial or revocation has been corrected;
- D. The applicant prevents the local department from completing its responsibilities for licensure;
- E. An evaluation of criminal records or child abuse or neglect records of the applicant or a household member indicates behavior harmful to a child in care; or
- F. Based on substantial, credible evidence, the local department concludes that the applicant cannot provide for the health, safety, or welfare of the children in care because of abuse of alcohol or other controlled dangerous substances, mental health concerns, or any other condition that creates reasonable doubt as to the applicant's ability to provide foster care.
Authority: Human Services Article, §2-209, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 4, 1994 (21:13 Md. R. 1155)
Chapter revised effective December 12, 2002 (29:24 Md. R. 1918)
Regulation .02B amended effective June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 836)
Regulation .08A amended effective June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 836)
Chapter revised effective April 16, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 490)
Regulation .04E amended effective September 30, 2013 (40:19 Md. R. 1543)
Regulations .01—.24 repealed and new Regulations .01 — .20 adopted effective December 12, 2024 (51:24 Md. R. 1081)