Section 5-703 - Scope and applicability of subtitle.
§ 5-703. Scope and applicability of subtitle.
(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.
[1987, ch. 635, § 2; 2003, ch. 308.]