- A. A licensed resource parent may choose to suspend acceptance of children in care for up to 1 year and still maintain licensed status.
- B. During the period in which the license is on hold, the resource parent is not required to undergo an annual reconsideration. At the point that the resource parent wishes to accept children in care, the local department shall complete a reconsideration.
- C. The local department shall close the resource home if the resource parent does not wish to accept children in care at the end of the 1-year period.
- D. The local department shall give a resource parent 30 days written notice that includes the intended action to close the resource home and the resource parent's right to appeal the local department’s decision.
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Regulations .01—.24 repealed and new Regulations .01 — .20 adopted effective December 12, 2024 (51:24 Md.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)