MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1983

child without having first obtained a license therefor
from [[THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE,
THE JUVENILE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,]] the State
Department of [Employment and Social Services] HUMAN
RESOURCES [[OR A LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES]].

(b) The requirements of subsection (a) do not
apply

[[(4) To an institution possessing a child
care institution license pursuant to Section 20B hereof,
TO AN INSTITUTION POSSESSING A CHILD CARE INSTITUTION
LICENSE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 52A, SECTION 21, or to an
institution operated by an agency of the State of
Maryland or any political subdivision thereof.]]

(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 or
guardian of the child.

(2)    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

[Department of] 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
provisions of Section 20(b)(2) have been complied with.

(4) To an institution possessing a child
care institution license pursuant to Section 20B hereof,
or to an institution operated by an agency of the State
of Maryland or any political subdivision thereof.

20B.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) [hereof],
no person may operate an institution for the care,
custody, or control over a child without having first
obtained a license therefor from THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE, THE JUVENILE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
the State Department of [Employment and Social Services]
HUMAN RESOURCES.

[[SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That
Section 20B (b) (3) of Article 88A - Social Services
Administration, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed: