# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 15 — Family Child Care

### Chapter 07 — Child Protection

#### Regulation .04 Child Discipline.

*COMAR 13A.15.07.04*

A. Child discipline shall be:

  (1) Appropriate to the age, maturity, and physical condition of the child; and

  (2) Consistent with the requirements of this subtitle.

B. The provider or substitute may not:

  (1) Force a child to eat or drink;

  (2) Punish a child for refusing to eat or drink;

  (3) Withhold food or beverages as punishment; or

  (4) Spank, hit, shake, or use any other means of physical discipline.