HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               2517

(H) WHERE LOCAL ZONING REQUIREMENTS ARE INCONSISTENT
WITH THE OPERATION OF FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES OR A FAMILY DAY
CARE HOME OF A PARTICULAR SIZE, THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS
PREVAIL.

[[(h)] (I) (h) Nothing in this section shall be
deemed to impair or limit the powers of the State Department
of Social Services HUMAN RESOURCES, the State Department of
Education, or the State Department of Health granted under
any of the other provisions of this Code unless the same are
necessarily inconsistent herewith.

Article 43 - Health

708.

As used in this subtitle,

(1)  "Person" means any individual, individuals,
association, or corporation, or any State, county, or
municipal agency or any division, board, or agency thereof.

(2)  "Board" means the State Board of Health and
Mental Hygiene.

(3)  "Local health officer" means the deputy
State health officer or the commissioner of health in
Baltimore City.

(4) (I) "Group day-care center" means an agency
or institution offering or supplying group care to five or
more children who have not the same parentage, for a portion
or all of a day and on a regular schedule more often than
once a week.

(II) "GROUP DAY CARE CENTER" DOES NOT
INCLUDE FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE 88A,
SECTION 32A, BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
HUMAN RESOURCES.

(5)  "Child" or "children" means an individual or
individuals under sixteen years of age.

(6)  "Institution" means an establishment of
public or private character or one affecting a community.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

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