Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 8 - Residential Child Care Programs -- Corporate Responsibility and Governance
Section 8-806 - Bylaws

A corporation shall adopt written bylaws that require the corporation’s board of directors to be responsible for:
        (1)    overseeing the management and operation of the residential child care program operated by the corporation;
        (2)    ensuring that the residential child care program operates in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations;
        (3)    approving the residential child care program’s mission statement, long-term goals, policies, procedures, and annual budget;
        (4)    defining and prohibiting circumstances that would create a financial or personal conflict of interest for members of the board of directors, corporate officers, employees, agents, assigns, and volunteers;
        (5)    ensuring that the residential child care program responds to all requests from the licensing agency in a timely manner;
        (6)    approving the residential child care program’s service plan and ensuring that services are provided in accordance with the plan;
        (7)    if the corporation is a nonprofit corporation, reviewing annually whether the corporation is satisfying its charitable mission;
        (8)    ensuring that the corporation has liability insurance;
        (9)    requiring that members of the board of directors have training in their responsibilities regarding the governance of the residential child care program; and
        (10)    establishing committees or member assignments to periodically review as warranted, but not less than annually:
            (i)    compensation of officers and staff of the corporation and the residential child care program;
            (ii)    quality of services provided to clients, including all incidents harming or potentially harming clients;
            (iii)    financial problems and concerns relating to the residential child care program;
            (iv)    performance of key staff;
            (v)    nominations of new members of the board of directors; and
            (vi)    potential conflicts of interest.

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