Maryland Code, Health Occupations § 20-205

(1) Adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle;

(2) Establish standards for the certification of applicants;

(3) Conduct a continuing study and investigation of program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners to improve:

(4) Establish a tiered certification structure for residential child and youth care practitioners; and

(5) Devise examinations and adopt investigative procedures to:

(1) Maintain a registry of all program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board;

(2) Submit an annual report to the Governor and Children's Cabinet;

(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;

(4) Establish continuing education requirements for the program administrators certified by the Board;

(5) Establish training and continuing education requirements for the residential child and youth care practitioners certified by the Board; and

(6) Create committees as it deems appropriate to advise the Board on special issues.