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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".53" citation="COMAR 10.16.06.53" title_num="10" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="06" heading="Transportation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>When a camper, staff member, or volunteer is transported, an operator shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Transportation is provided according to applicable State law;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A transportation safety plan is developed and implemented that includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Transportation safety rules, standards, and practices;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Supervision requirements including camper to staff ratios;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Emergency transportation services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Severe weather procedures;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Not more than 30 calendar days before the camp uses transportation, each staff member or volunteer involved in the transportation and each transportation service provider or driver:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is trained in the camp's transportation safety plan;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Demonstrates knowledge of the camp's transportation safety plan; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Is provided with the opportunity to discuss the procedures and have questions answered by a supervisor;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Documentation is kept on file that each staff member or volunteer received the training required in §A(3) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A camper, staff member, or volunteer is provided with and uses transportation safety equipment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The driver of a vehicle is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An adult; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Licensed according to applicable State law;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The number of occupants in a vehicle does not exceed the vehicle manufacturer's seating capacity;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Before a camper is transported, written authorization from a camper's parent or guardian is obtained; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Vehicular traffic is controlled on the campsite.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>When the camp operator provides or arranges camper transportation to camp, from camp, or to and from camp, the operator shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Ensure that a director is available for consultation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide written information to the camper's parent or guardian that includes the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Camper's pick-up time and designated pick-up location;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Camper's drop-off time and designated drop-off location;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Camp's pick-up and drop-off safety procedures;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Camp's policy concerning the camp's responsibility for supervising a camper when the camper is picked up, dropped off, and transported;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Obtain a written agreement from the camper's parent or guardian concerning the parent's or guardian's responsibility for supervising a camper before the camper is picked up and after the camper is dropped off; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>In addition to the driver, ensure that one assistant counselor or adult is on duty and supervising the campers when there are ten or more campers in a vehicle.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An operator may not transport a camper in a:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Non-passenger vehicle; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An individual's car without obtaining written authorization from the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Camper's parent or guardian; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Owner of the vehicle.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>