# Education (GED)

## Title 9.5. Division of Early Childhood Development

### Subtitle 6. Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program

#### Section 9.5-608

(a) A person may not knowingly make or cause any false statement or report to be made in any application or in any document furnished to the Department under this subtitle.

(b) A person may not knowingly make or cause any false statement or report to be made for the purpose of influencing the action of the Department on an application for a direct incentive grant or for the purpose of influencing any action of the Department affecting a direct incentive grant whether or not such a grant may have already been awarded.

(c) Any person or any aider or abettor who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding 1 year or both.

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Md. Code Ann., Educ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)