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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="9.5-403" title_number="9.5" title_name="Division of Early Childhood Development" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Child Care Centers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subtitle does not supersede:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any right or power of the Maryland Department of Health or any local health officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any right or power of a county department of education;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any building code or zoning provision;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any right or power of the Administration within the Department of Human Services or any local department; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any right or power of the Department of Human Services to regulate residential child care facilities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a child care center for school age children is operated before and after school hours in a building which is in use as a public or private school, the school age child care center:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall meet local fire, health, and zoning codes required of school buildings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May not be required to meet any additional regulations relative to the physical plant beyond those imposed by the county or the local board of education with respect to that building.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subtitle does not apply to a child care center that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Serves only dependent children of military personnel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Is located on a military base or federal property; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is certified as a child development program by a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard, or their agents, including an installation commander of a military base on which a child care center is located, may assume responsibility for approving or determining which children may be served by the child care centers that are exempt from this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
