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Great Oaks Center (formerly known as the Maryland Metropolitan-
Washington Mental Retardation Center)

(b) In addition to the foregoing facilities, other facilities may be
brought within the jurisdiction of the Administration as they are
built, transferred to or leased by the Administration.

20.    Licensing of Private Facilities.

(a)    No private facility shall admit, receive or retain any men-
tally retarded person for the purpose of care or treatment of such
mental retardation unless it is licensed to do so by the Administration
and has received written approval to operate from the Administration.

(b)    The Director, with the approval of the Secretary, shall, from
time to time, adopt rules and regulations for the licensing of such
facilities toward the end that care and treatment of mentally re-
tarded persons shall be provided in accordance with Section 2 of this
article. Licensing provided for in this subtitle shall be in addition
to licensing required by any other laws of the State.

(c)    Applications for licenses shall be made to the Administration
in such form and shall supply such detail as the Administration may
from time to time require.

(d)    Upon receipt of an application for licensing, the Adminis-
tration shall promptly undertake an investigation of the applicant.
If it finds that the applicant meets the requirements of its rules and
regulations established under subsection (b) above, it shall grant
the license.

21.    Inspection.

The Administration shall inspect each licensed private facility at
least once every six months and shall make such additional inspec-
tions as it deems necessary. Reports of such inspections shall be re-
tained by the Administration and any deficiencies shall be brought to
the attention of the management of the facility involved.

22.    Suspension, Revocation and Refusal.

(a)    The Administration shall have the right and duty to revoke
or suspend licenses or to refuse to issue licenses to facilities that fail
to comply with applicable rules and regulations and the applicable
laws of the State.

(b)    In the event the Administration suspends, revokes,, or refuses
to issue a license, the person aggrieved may appeal to the Board of
Review of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and may
take such further appeal as is allowed by the Administrative Proce-
dure Act.

23.    Unlawful acts by private facilities.

(a)    Any facility which admits, receives or retains any person in
violations of Section 23 VIOLATION OF SECTION 20 of this sub-
title, while its license is revoked or suspended, or in the event that it
has no license, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, if convicted, may be
fined an amount not to exceed $10,000.

(b)    Any employee, officer or director of a facility, or other per-
son, who knowingly participates in a violation of subsection (a) above