This chapter sets forth the process in Maryland for licensure of residential child care programs and monitoring of residential child care programs for children and youth, and establishes the procedures which applicants must follow in order to obtain licensure. The licensure and monitoring processes are designed to protect the health, safety, and well being of children placed in residential child care programs.

Authority: Education Article, §§8-301—8-303 and 8-401—8-417; Family Law Article, §§5-506, 5-508—5-510;
Health-General Article, §§2-104, 7-904, 8-404, 10-922, and 10-924; Health Occupations Article, §20-302;
Human Services Article, §§2-209, 2-212, 9-203, 9-204, 9-221, 9-231, 9-234, and 9-235; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: November 22, 2004 (31:23 Md. R. 1651)

COMAR 01.04.06 revised and recodified to COMAR 14.31.05 as an emergency provision effective June 30, 2005 (32:15 Md. R. 1314); revised and recodified permanently effective November 24, 2005 (32:23 Md. R. 1828)

Regulation .08A, B amended effective August 4, 2014 (41:15 Md. R. 892)

Regulation .09A amended effective August 4, 2014 (41:15 Md. R. 892)