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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.01.13.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="13" heading="Application for Waiver.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant for a license under the COMAR chapters listed in Regulation .01, of this chapter, may request a waiver of specific provisions of licensing regulations.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An application for a waiver shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be written;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Contain specific facts upon which the waiver is requested; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Demonstrate that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The waiver is necessary to meet the requirements of any federal child care licensing program; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Enforcement of the regulation for which a waiver is requested is contrary to the purposes of the statute under which the regulations are promulgated, and it would be unduly burdensome and inequitable for the applicant to comply with the provisions of the regulation for which a waiver is requested.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>