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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 13A.15.13.06" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="13" heading="Emergency Suspension.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The office may immediately suspend the certificate of registration for a period of not more than 45 calendar days upon finding that a child's health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The office shall hand deliver a written notice to the provider informing the provider of the emergency suspension, giving the reasons for the action, and notifying the provider of the right to request, within 30 days of the delivery of the notice, a hearing before the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If unable to hand deliver a written notice to the provider, the Office may send the notice by regular and certified mail to the provider’s address.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>When the certificate of registration is to be suspended immediately:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The office shall repossess the certificate of registration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The provider shall stop providing child care immediately; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The office shall notify the parents of the children in care of the suspension and make every reasonable effort to assist the parents of the children in making other child care arrangements.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If a hearing is requested by the provider, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a hearing within 7 calendar days of the date of the request.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Within 7 calendar days of the hearing, a decision concerning the emergency suspension shall be made by the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>If the decision does not uphold the emergency suspension, the provider may resume providing child care.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>By the end of the suspension period, the office shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reinstate the certificate of registration and return it to the provider; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Revoke the certificate of registration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>