Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 5 › Subtitle 57 - BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION OF RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE PROGRAM PROFESSIONALS › Chapter 10.57.05 - Code of Ethics › Section 10.57.05.06 - Sanctions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. A certified
				  residential child care program administrator or certified residential child and
				  youth care practitioner is subject to sanctions if the certified residential
				  child care program administrator or certified residential child and youth care
				  practitioner:
(1) Has engaged in sexual
				  misconduct with a client or supervisee;
(2) Has engaged in sexual behavior that would
				  be considered unethical or unprofessional according to the professional
				  standards of conduct, including but not limited to:
(a) Sexual behavior or knowledge of sexual
				  behavior with a client placed in the residential child care program;
(b) Solicitation of a sexual relationship
				  with a client placed in the residential child care program;
(c) Sexual advances, requesting sexual
				  favors, or both;
(d) A verbal
				  comment of a sexual nature;
(e)
				  Physical contact of a sexual nature with a client placed in the residential
				  child care program;
(f) Discussion
				  of unnecessary sexual matters with a client placed in the residential child
				  care program;
(g) Direct or
				  indirect observation of a client while the client is undressing or
				  dressing;
(h) The taking of
				  photographs of a client placed in the residential child care program for a
				  sexual purpose;
(i) Sexual
				  harassment of staff, students, or volunteers;
(j) Sexual contact with a client placed in
				  the residential child care program; or
(k) Offering to provide services, such as
				  drugs, in exchange for sexual favors;
(3) Has violated any of the provisions of
				  the:
(a) Law pertaining to the certification
				  of residential child care program administrators or residential child and youth
				  care practitioners; or
(b)
				  Regulations of the Board pertaining to the certification of residential child
				  care program administrators or residential child and youth care
				  practitioners;
(4) Has
				  violated any of the provisions of the law or regulations of the certification,
				  supervising authority, or agency of the State or political subdivision of the
				  State having jurisdiction of the operation, licensure, or certification of
				  residential child care programs;
(5) Is professionally, physically, or
				  mentally incompetent to act as a residential child care program administrator
				  or residential child and youth care practitioner;
(6) Has practiced fraud, deceit, or
				  misrepresentation in the capacity as a residential child care program
				  administrator or residential child and youth care practitioner;
(7) Has wrongfully transferred or surrendered
				  possession, either temporarily or permanently, of their certificate card to any
				  other individual;
(8) Has used
				  fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising;
(9) Has endangered or sanctioned the
				  endangerment of the safety, health, and life of any client;
(10) Has willfully permitted unauthorized
				  disclosure of information relating to a client's records;
(11) Has discriminated in respect to clients
				  placed in the residential child care program, employees, or staff on account of
				  race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation,
				  or any other area that the Board deems inappropriate; or
(12) Has practiced as a residential child
				  care program administrator or residential child and youth care practitioner
				  without holding a certificate to practice in the State.