Section 20-205 - Powers and duties(a) In addition to the powers and duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board in consultation with the Children's Cabinet shall: (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: (i) Certification standards; and(ii) Procedures for enforcing these standards;(4) Establish a tiered certification structure for residential child and youth care practitioners; and(5) Devise examinations and adopt investigative procedures to: (i) Determine whether program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners meet the standards adopted by the Board; and(ii) Assure that program administrators and residential child and youth care practitioners continue to meet these standards.(b) In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board shall:(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.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 703, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 702, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2022.