{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-health-occupations-20-205","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Health Occupations § 20–205","heading":"","body":"(a) In addition to the powers and duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board in consultation with the Children’s Cabinet shall:\n(1) Adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle;\n(2) Establish standards for the certification of applicants;\n(3) Conduct a continuing study and investigation of program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners to improve:\n(i) Certification standards; and\n(ii) Procedures for enforcing these standards;\n(4) Establish a tiered certification structure for residential child and youth care practitioners; and\n(5) Devise examinations and adopt investigative procedures to:\n(i) Determine whether program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners meet the standards adopted by the Board; and\n(ii) Assure that program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners continue to meet these standards.\n(b) In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board shall:\n(1) Maintain a registry of all program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board;\n(2) Submit an annual report to the Governor and Children’s Cabinet;\n(3) Adopt a code of ethics that the Board considers appropriate and applicable to the program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board;\n(4) Establish continuing education requirements for the program administrators certified by the Board;\n(5) Establish training and continuing education requirements for the residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board; and\n(6) Create committees as it deems appropriate to advise the Board on special issues.","path":["Article - Health Occupations"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gho\u0026section=20-205","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:58Z","sha256":"3dbdaee58dcf96b1094ad53b36ea979526dfe3098823cfdabd05edf5abeaa406","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-health-occupations-20-204","next":"us-md/md.-code-health-occupations-20-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}