PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 285

Article - Family Law

5-508.

(a)     Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall be licensed by the
Administration as a child care home before the person may exercise care, custody, or
control of a minor child.

(b)     This section does not apply:

(1)     to a parent of the child;

(2)     to an individual related to the child by blood or marriage within [4]
FIVE degrees of consanguinity or affinity under the civil law rule;

(3)     to a guardian of the child;

(4)     to a person who exercises temporary care, custody, or control over the
child at the request of a parent or guardian of the child and who is not required otherwise
to be licensed;

(5)     to an individual with whom the child is placed in foster care by:

(i) a child placement agency that is licensed under § 5-507 of this
subtitle;

(ii)    a local department;

(iii)   the Department of Juvenile Justice;

(iv)    the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; or

(v)     a court of competent jurisdiction;

(6)     to a person who has the care, custody, or control of the child through
placement for adoption by a parent or grandparent of the child, if the requirements of §
5-507(c) of this subtitle are met;

(7)     to an institution that has a child care institution license under this
subtitle or under Article 83C, § 2-124; or

(8)     to an institution that is operated by an agency of this State or any
political subdivision of this State.

5-534.

(a) In this section, "kinship parent" means an individual who is related by blood
or marriage within [ four] FIVE degrees of consanguinity or affinity under the civil law
rule to a child who is in the care, custody, or guardianship of the local department and
with whom the child is placed for temporary or long-term care other than adoption.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

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