# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 14 — Child and Family Day Care

### Chapter 15 — Outdoor, Nature-Based Child Care License Pilot Program

#### Regulation .06 Approval.

*COMAR 13A.14.15.06*

A. Upon receiving a completed application under Regulation .04 of this chapter and all documentation required by law or regulation, the office shall determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter by:

  (1) Evaluating the application and required documentation; and

  (2) Inspecting the setting proposed to be used for the pilot.

B. Except as specified at §C of this regulation, the office shall, within 60 days after completing the procedures in §A of this regulation:

  (1) Issue the pilot a license;

  (2) Issue the pilot a license with provisional status; or

  (3) Deny the pilot a license.

C. The office may not issue the pilot a license until child care staff, sufficient in number to meet approved staff/child ratio and group size requirements as they apply to the requested child capacity, have successfully passed federal and State criminal background checks and a review of child and adult abuse and neglect records.