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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 13A.15.10.01" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="10" heading="Emergency Safety.">
  <text>The provider or substitute shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Prepare and maintain a written emergency and disaster plan that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Establishes procedures for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Evacuating the home, including an evacuation route;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Relocating children to a designated safe site;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Sheltering in place in the event that evacuation is not feasible;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Notifying parents of children in care; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Addressing the individual needs of children, including children with special needs;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Contains:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The name of, and contact information for, the local emergency operations center;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A list of local emergency services numbers; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The radio station call sign and frequency for the local Emergency Alert System (EAS);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Is practiced with children at least:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Once per month for fire evacuation purposes;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Twice per year for other emergency and disaster situations; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If overnight care is provided, at least four times per year when children in overnight care are present; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Is updated at least annually;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Post conspicuously a copy of the emergency escape route floor plan:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In or near the approved child care area; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If overnight care is provided, in each room where a child in care is sleeping;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Regularly orient children, who are old enough to understand, in procedures to be used in the event of a fire or other emergency requiring escape from the home;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Train each substitute and, if applicable, the additional adult on the contents of the written emergency and disaster plan required at §A of this regulation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>In the event of a declared emergency, be prepared to respond as directed by the local emergency management agency through sources of public information;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>During an emergency evacuation or practice, take attendance records and emergency cards out of the home and verify the presence of each child currently in attendance;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Instruct children in the use of the 9-1-1 telephone number to summon help in an emergency; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Meet the following requirements for first aid supplies:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Maintain first aid supplies as the office requires in a location that is readily accessible to the areas of the home approved for child care;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Store first aid supplies in a manner that makes them inaccessible to children in care; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Bring the first aid supplies along on any activity away from the family child care home.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>