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13a.16.11.00.htm
| 13A.16.11.00. Title 13A STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Subtitle 16 CHILD CARE CENTERS Chapter 11 Health Authority: Education Article, §9.5-401, 9.5-404―9.5-411, and 9.5-413―9.5-418; General Provisions Article, §4-333; Human Services Article, §1-202; Annotated Code of Maryland Agency Note: Federal Statutory Reference ― Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq. Pro-Children Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. §6081 et seq. Child Care Development Block Grant (45 CFR Parts 98 and 99 |
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13a.16.11.01.htm
| 13A.16.11.01. 01 Exclusion for Acute Illness.. A. Child care staff shall:. 1) Monitor a child for signs and symptoms of acute illness;. 2) Notify a child's parent or other designated person upon observing a sign or symptom of acute illness; and3) Provide temporary isolation for the affected child in a suitably equipped separate area within sight and hearing of an adult.B. Except in centers for children with acute illness, an operator may not admit a child to care or allow a child to remain in |
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13a.16.11.02.htm
| 13A.16.11.02. 02 Infectious and Communicable Diseases.. A. An operator shall immediately transmit to the health officer a report of the name and address of a child or a staff member who appears to be infected with a reportable communicable disease or who has been exposed to a reportable communicable disease as indicated in COMAR 10.06.01.03.B. Except in centers for children with acute illness, an operator may not knowingly admit to care or retain in care a child with a transmissible infec |
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13a.16.11.03.htm
| 13A.16.11.03. 03 Preventing Spread of Disease.. A. A written handwashing procedure approved by the office shall be posted at each sink used for washing hands.B. Hands shall be washed according to the posted approved procedure by a center employee, substitute, volunteer, or child in care at least:1) After toileting or diapering;. 2) Before food preparation or eating; and. 3) After an outdoor activity or handling an animal.. C. Diapering shall be performed in accordance with |
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13a.16.11.04.htm
| 13A.16.11.04. 04 Medication Administration and Storage.. A. Medication Administration.. 1) Medication, whether prescription or nonprescription, may not be administered to a child in care unless:a) Parental permission to administer the medication is documented on a completed, signed, and dated medication authorization form, provided by the office, that is received at the center before the medication is administered; andb) A licensed health practitioner has approved the administration of the me |
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13a.16.11.05.htm
| 13A.16.11.05. 05 Smoking.. A. Except as specified in §B of this regulation, smoking is prohibited:. 1) At all times in any indoor area of a child care center; and. 2) During the center's hours of operation, in any outdoor area of the center which is approved for child care use.B. In a small center located in a private residence, smoking is prohibited during the center's hours of operation in any indoor or outdoor area approved for child care use. |
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13a.16.11.06.htm
| 13A.16.11.06. 06 Alcohol and Drugs.. An operator may not allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages or use of illegal or nonprescribed controlled dangerous substances:A. On the center premises during the center's hours of operation; or. B. By an employee, a substitute, or a volunteer during an off-site program activity.. |
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13a.16.11.9999.htm
| 13A.16.11.9999. Administrative History Effective date: October 20, 2008 (35:21 Md. R. 1826). Regulation .02B amended effective January 13, 2020 (47:1 Md. R. 14). Regulation .03B amended effective January 13, 2020 (47:1 Md. R. 14). Regulation .04 amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 618) June 24, 2013 (40:12 Md. R. 1043). Regulation .04B amended effective March 21, 2011 (38:6 Md. R. 396). Regulation .04F amended effective January 13, 2020 (47:1 Md. R. 14). |
