HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2373

(II) TO COORDINATE THE TREATMENT IN THE HOME
WITH THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF THE HOME; AND

(III)  TO PROVIDE 24-HOUR SUPERVISION FOR EACH
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT FOR THE TIME THAT THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF THE HOME.

10-923.

(A)  APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT IN A
PRIVATE THERAPEUTIC GROUP HOME MAY BE MADE UNDER THIS SECTION BY
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:

(1)  AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS 16 YEARS OLD OR OLDER;

(2) ON BEHALF OF A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT, A PARENT OR
GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OF THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT;

(2)  A PARENT OR GUARDIAN ON BEHALF OF THE CHILD OR
ADOLESCENT;

(3)  WITH THE CONSENT OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE
PERSON OF THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT, A PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST
WHO TREATS THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT;

(4)  ON BEHALF OF A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT, A LOCAL
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES WHEN THAT LOCAL DEPARTMENT HAS
CUSTODY OR GUARDIANSHIP OF THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT UNDER § 3-820
OF THE COURTS ARTICLE;

(5)  WITH THE CONSENT OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY;

(6)  ON BEHALF OF A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT, THE JUVENILE
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION HAS CUSTODY OR
GUARDIANSHIP OF THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT UNDER SECTION 3-820 OF
THE COURTS ARTICLE; OR

(7)  THE CIRCUIT COURT OF A COUNTY, BALTIMORE CITY
SITTING AS THE JUVENILE COURT, AND IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE
DISTRICT COURT SITTING AS JUVENILE COURT.

(B)  THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A FORMAL, WRITTEN
APPLICATION TO THE DIRECTOR THAT CONTAINS THE PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND IS ON THE FORM REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

(C)  A PRIVATE THERAPEUTIC GROUP HOME MAY NOT ACCEPT AN
INDIVIDUAL UNDER THIS SECTION UNLESS:

(1) THE INDIVIDUAL IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS;

(2) THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A MENTAL DISORDER;