# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 01 — Procedures

### Chapter 13 — Procedures for Interagency Coordination for Licensing Residential Child Care Facilities

#### Regulation .03 Application for Variance.

*COMAR 10.01.13.03*

A. An applicant for a license under the chapters listed in Regulation .01, of this chapter, may request a variance to specific licensing regulations.

B. An application for a variance shall:

  (1) Be written;

  (2) Contain specific details of the alternative procedures proposed by the applicant; and

  (3) Demonstrate that the alternative procedures proposed shall:

    (a) Meet or produce the intended effects of each regulation for which the variance is requested and

    (b) Maintain the health, safety, and well-being of children in the facility at or above the level required by each regulation for which the variance is requested.