Title 1. CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN  


Section 371. Definitions Unless the context or the subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation, when used in this article or in any special act relating to children, 1
Section 371-A. Procedure
Section 371-B. Citizen review panels
Section 372. Records and reports
Section 372-A. Child welfare research advisory panel
Section 372-B. Adoption services
Section 372-C. Putative father registry
Section 372-D. Adoption services; purchase by department
Section 372-E. Adoption applications; appeals
Section 372-F. Statewide adoption service
Section 372-G. Abandoned infant protection program
Section 373. Religious faith
Section 373-A. Medical histories
Section 374. Authority to place out or board out children
Section 374-B. Authority to operate agency boarding home
Section 374-C. Authority to operate group homes
Section 374-D. Authority to operate public institutions for children
Section 374-E. Authority to place out or board out children with therapeutic foster parents
Section 374-F. Authority to enter into leases for dwelling units
Section 375. Requirement of certificate or license to board children
Section 376. Certificate to board children and/or minors under age of eighteen years
Section 377. License to board children
Section 378. Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses
Section 378-A. Access to conviction records by authorized agencies
Section 379. Revocation of certificates and licenses
Section 380. Boarding and free homes; records
Section 381. Maternity homes; records and reports
Section 382. Responsibility for children without state residence; license and board
Section 383. Care and custody of children
Section 383-B. Medical treatment for abused or neglected children; consent of commissioners
Section 383-C. Guardianship and custody of children in foster care
Section 384. Guardianship and custody of children not in foster care
Section 384-A. Transfer of care and custody of children
Section 384-B. Guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent children; commitment by court order
Section 384-C. Notice in certain proceedings to fathers of children born out-of-wedlock
Section 385. Orders; prohibiting placing out or boarding out; removal
Section 386. Visitation; inspection and supervision
Section 387. * Ineligibility for public foster care funds; fiscal penalties
Section 388. Special charters
Section 389. Penalty for violations
Section 390. Child day care; license or registration required
Section 390-A. Standards and training for child day care
Section 390-B. Criminal history review of child care providers, generally
Section 390-C. Notice of pesticide applications
Section 390-D. Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools and bodies of water on the grounds of family day care homes or group family day care homes
Section 390-E. Criminal history review; mentoring programs
Section 390-F. Report on child care insurance
Section 391. Violation; injunction