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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 09.12.43.08" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="43" heading="Standards for Hours of Work, Working Conditions, and Related Instruction Facilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Hours of Work.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The regular work day and work week for apprentices shall conform to all applicable laws and regulations.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Overtime may not:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Interfere with or impair training; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be detrimental to the health and safety of an apprentice.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Working Conditions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Working and all other conditions of employment for an apprentice shall conform with all laws and regulations affecting the health, welfare, and safety of the apprentice.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An apprentice shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Work under and with competent journeypersons or instructors; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be assigned to work and learn tasks so that the apprentice obtains the diversified training on the job provided for in the apprenticeship standards.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Related Instruction Facilities.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Program sponsors are encouraged to use existing local public vocational school facilities in formulating and establishing courses of related instruction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Alternative facilities are acceptable as meeting the related instruction requirement if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Public vocational school facilities are not available or not suitable; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The sponsors prefer to use:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Private educational facilities existing within a trade or an industry,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Supervised self-study courses, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The facilities of a private or public institution of higher learning.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>