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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 13A.17.02.03" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="02" heading="Continuing Letter of Compliance.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Obtaining a Continuing Letter of Compliance. An operator shall submit to the office, before expiration of the initial letter of compliance:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A request for a continuing letter of compliance, on a form supplied by the office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Signed and notarized permission to examine records of abuse and neglect of children and adults for information about all individuals, as applicable, specified at Regulation .02B(1) of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Any other documentation required by law or regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The office may not approve a continuing letter of compliance until:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All items specified in §A of this regulation have been received and approved by the office; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The facility has passed a fire safety inspection conducted by the local fire authority having jurisdiction.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Maintaining a Continuing Letter of Compliance.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The operator shall comply with all applicable requirements under this subtitle.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>By the end of each 24-month period after the date of issuance of a continuing letter of compliance, the operator shall provide to the office:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Signed and notarized permission to examine records of abuse and neglect of children and adults for information about all individuals, as applicable, specified in Regulation .02B(1) of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Any other documentation required by law or regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The child care facility shall maintain documentation of having passed the most recent fire inspection required by the local fire authority having jurisdiction.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>