(a) The General Assembly intends that:
(1) all children whose care is the responsibility of the State shall have similar protection for their health, their safety, and the quality of their care; and
(2) the regulations of State units that are charged with child care shall be comparable.
(b) The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out §§ 9-235 and 9-236 of this subtitle.
(c) A child care home or child care institution may not be required to obtain a license from more than one State unit.
(d) A State unit authorized to license child care homes or child care institutions may make a cooperative licensing arrangement with another State unit.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Department of Juvenile Services
Part II - Facilities, Programs, and Services
Section 9-226 - State Facilities -- Establishment and Operation
Section 9-227 - State Facilities -- Management
Section 9-228 - State Facilities -- Bond Requests
Section 9-229 - State Facilities -- Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center
Section 9-230 - State Facilities -- Advisory Boards
Section 9-231 - Group Homes and Institutions
Section 9-232 - Runaway Youth Homes
Section 9-233 - Youth Services Bureaus
Section 9-234 - Juvenile Care Facilities -- in General
Section 9-235 - Juvenile Care Facilities -- Child Care Homes
Section 9-236 - Juvenile Care Facilities -- Child Care Institutions
Section 9-237 - Juvenile Detention Facilities -- Standards
Section 9-238.1 - Programming for Regional Services
Section 9-239 - Nonsecure Placement Alternatives -- Standards
Section 9-240 - Step-Down Aftercare
Section 9-240.1 - Maryland Rising Program
Section 9-241 - Required Programs
Section 9-242 - Informational Programs
Section 9-243 - Relationship to Courts
Section 9-244 - Provision of Court Staff
Section 9-245 - Foster Parents -- Liability Insurance and Reimbursement