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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.54.02.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="54" chapter_num="02" heading="Nutrition Education.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A local agency shall provide nutrition education or a local agency shall enter into an agreement with another agency to provide nutrition education.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If nutrition education is provided by another agency, then the local agency shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Acknowledge the nutrition education agreement in the nutrition education plan to the State agency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure proper training to the individual or individuals rendering the services; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Monitor the services rendered.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A local agency shall ensure that nutrition education is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Made available at no cost to the participant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Practical and relevant to the participant's individual needs; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Integrated into:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Participant health care plans;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The delivery of supplemental foods; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Other Program operations.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>To carry out the nutrition education responsibilities, a local agency shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Develop and submit for State agency approval an annual nutrition education plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Make available at reasonable times and locations during each 1-year certification period at least four opportunities for nutrition education for the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Adult participant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Parent or caretaker of an infant or child participant; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Child participant whenever possible;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Document in each participant’s file, at the time of certification or recertification, all nutrition education sessions given to the participant, parent, caretaker, or child;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Document the participant’s, parent’s, caretaker’s, or child’s refusal or inability to attend or participate in nutrition education for purposes of further education efforts and monitoring as specified by the State agency; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Provide an individual care plan for a participant when the need for a plan is determined by a competent professional authority or when a participant, parent, or caretaker requests an individual care plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>