§ 8-715
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§8–715.
(a)In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.
(1)“Residential child care program” includes a facility or program that:
(i)provides a residential environment such as:
1. a program with a wilderness or outdoor experience, expedition, or intervention;
2. a boot camp experience or other experience designed to simulate characteristics of basic military training for correctional regimes;
3. an educational or therapeutic boarding school; or
4. a behavioral modification program; and
(ii)serves children who have a history of diagnosis of:
1. an emotional, behavioral, or mental health disorder;
2. a substance misuse or use disorder, including alcohol misuse or use disorder; or
3. an intellectual, developmental, physical, or sensory disability.
(2)“Residential child care program” does not include:
(i)a hospital licensed by the State;
(ii)a detention facility licensed by the State;
(iii)a youth correctional facility;
(iv)a substance abuse treatment facility;
(v)a foster family home:
1. that provides 24–hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or guardians;
2. for which the State child welfare services agency has placement and care responsibility; and
3. that is licensed and regulated by the State as a foster family home; or
(vi)any other secure facility.
(c)“Youth transportation company” means a business that specializes in transporting a child to a residential child care program.