The purpose of these regulations is to establish a single point of entry for the licensing of residential child care programs with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Juvenile Services, and the Maryland Department of Health, and to coordinate the licensing process for residential child care facilities and the approval of education programs in such facilities with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Juvenile Services, the Maryland Department of Health, and the Department of Education.

Authority: Article 41, §§6-101 and 6-104; Article 83C, §§2-102, 2-104, and 2-113; Article 88A, §3; Education Article, §2-206; Health General Article, §§2-102, 2-104, 2-105, 4-305—4-307, 7-1007, 10-204, 10-207, 10-516, 10-712, 10-1203, and 15-102.1; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 6, 1992 (18:26 Md. R. 2829)

Regulations .01—.07 repealed and new Regulations .01—.09 adopted effective December 12, 2002 (29:24 Md. R. 1917)

COMAR 01.04.02 revised and recodified to COMAR 14.31.02 as an emergency provision effective June 30, 2005 (32:15 Md. R. 1314); revised and recodified permanently effective November 28, 2005 (32:23 Md. R. 1828)