- A. In General. Every private vendor or other person providing services to the Department shall adopt and enforce, as a condition of its contract, grant, or other arrangement with the Department, a code of conduct that is substantially similar to the one adopted by the Secretary under Regulation .01 of this chapter.
- B. Approval by Secretary. The code of conduct shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary before the contract, grant, or other arrangement with the Department becomes effective.
Authority: Human Services Article, §9-207, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: June 18, 2007 (34:12 Md. R. 1067)