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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 13A.16.05.10" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="05" heading="Telephone and Communication.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>There shall be at least one operable telephone in the center that is freely and readily available to all center staff during the approved hours of operation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>In a center with more than two rooms approved for child care, a staff member supervising a group of children in one room shall be able to communicate a request for assistance to a staff member in another room while maintaining continuous supervision of the group.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In each room where care is provided to infants or toddlers, there shall be an operable telephone.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The operator shall provide additional telephones or extensions in the center as may be required to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Summon emergency fire and rescue services promptly; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Transmit and receive other emergency communications.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>