(a) The Administration shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out the child welfare services and foster care programs under this subtitle. (b) The regulations shall authorize the Administration to: (1) conduct a background check of child support arrearages on an applicant for foster home approval who is also a biological or adoptive parent; (2) consider any child support arrearage in determining whether to approve or disapprove the application; and (3) notify the appropriate criminal or juvenile delinquency court if the Administration has information indicating that the child’s interests as a victim are not adequately protected in a case before the court.
Maryland Legal Code