§ 5-703. Scope and applicability of subtitle  


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  •    (a) Scope. -- The provisions of this subtitle are in addition to and not in substitution for the provisions of Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.

    (b) Applicability. -- Except as otherwise provided in § 5-705.1 of this subtitle, the provisions of this subtitle apply only to:

       (1) suspected abuse or neglect that is alleged to have occurred in this State; and

       (2) suspected abuse or neglect of a child who lives in this State, regardless of where the suspected abuse or neglect is alleged to have occurred.


HISTORY: 1987, ch. 635, § 2; 2003, ch. 308.