MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1981

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)]]

BY adding to

Article 88A — Social Services Administration

Section 21 (d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 20,21 and 22 be and they are
hereby added to Article 52A — Juvenile Services, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 52A — Juvenile Services

20.

(A)   EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B), A PERSON
MAY NOT EXERCISE CARE, CUSTODY, OR CONTROL OVER A CHILD

ALLEGED OR ADJUDICATED AS DELINQUENT__OR IN NEED OF

SUPERVISION WITHOUT HAVING FIRST OBTAINED A LICENSE FROM
THE STATE [[DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE,
THE]] JUVENILE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION[[, THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, OR A LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES]].

(B)    THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (A) DO NOT
APPLY:

(1)   TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD, A
PERSON RELATED TO THE CHILD BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE WITHIN
FOUR DEGREES OF CONSANGUINITY, CALCULATED ACCORDING TO
THE CIVIL LAW RULE, OR A PERSON, NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED
TO BE LICENSED, WHO EXERCISES TEMPORARY CUSTODY OR
CONTROL OVER THE CHILD AT THE REQUEST OF THE PARENT OF
GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD.

(2)    [[IF THE CARE, CUSTODY, OR CONTROL IS

ACQUIRED THROUGH PLACEMENT OF THE CHILD]] TO A FAMILY

HOME IN WHICH THE CHILD IS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE BY A

LICENSED PLACEMENT AGENCY, BY A LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES, BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, BY THE JUVENILE SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION OR BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.

(3)    IF THE CARE, CUSTODY, OR CONTROL IS
ACQUIRED THROUGH PLACEMENT OF THE CHILD BY ITS PARENT OR
GRANDPARENT IN CONTEMPLATION OF ADOPTION, AND THE
REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 88A, SECTION 20(B)(2), HAVE BEEN
COMPLIED WITH.

(4) TO AN INSTITUTION POSSESSING A CHILD CAPE
INSTITUTION LICENSE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 88A, SECTION 20B
OR PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, OR TO AN INSTITUTION