CAUTION: READ FULL TEXT OF SECTION FOR SPECIAL NOTE
In this title, "Department" means the Department of Human
Resources.
** SPECIAL NOTE: EFFECTIVE - JANUARY 1, 2006 - CHAPTER 464 -
2005 **
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "Adoptive parent" means an individual who completes adoption of
another individual.
(c) "Child placement agency" means:
(1) a local department; or
(2) a private agency that is licensed by the Social Services Administration
of the Department under § 5-507 of this title, or by a comparable
governmental unit of another state, to place children.
(d) "Crime of violence":
(1) has the meaning stated in § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article; or
(2) as to a crime committed in another state, means a crime that, if
committed in this State, would be a crime of violence as defined in §
14-101 of the Criminal Law Article.
(e) "Department" means the State Department of Human Resources.
(f) "Disability" means:
(1) alcohol dependence, as defined in § 8-101 of the Health - General
Article;
(2) drug dependence, as defined in § 8-101 of the Health - General
Article;
(3) a mental disorder, as defined in § 10-101 of the Health - General
Article; or
(4) mental retardation, as defined in § 7-101 of the Health - General
Article.
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