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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 13A.17.03.06" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="03" heading="Notifications.">
  <text>The operator shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Within 5 business days of its occurrence, provide written notification to the office about the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Addition of a new employee or staff member that includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The individual’s full name, date of birth, and date of hire;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Information about the individual’s work assignment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Proof of compliance with the laws and regulations pertaining to criminal background checks; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Signed and notarized permission to examine records of abuse and neglect of children and adults for information about the individual; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ending of employment, for whatever reason, of an individual that includes the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Individual’s full name; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Date of the individual’s last day of employment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Within 15 working days of adding the new employee or staff member, provide to the office, if applicable, documentation that the individual meets the requirements of this chapter for the assignment, unless documentation already is on file in the office;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Have on file in the nursery school or child care program the following information about each employee or staff member:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The individual's assignment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Documentation that the individual meets the requirements of this subtitle for the assignment unless the documentation is already on file in the office; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Proof of compliance with laws and regulations pertaining to criminal background checks;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Notify or require that a staff member notify the office within 24 hours of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The death of a child if the child died while at the facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The death of a child enrolled at the facility if the child died of a contagious disease; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Any injury to a child that occurs while the child is at the child care facility or on a field trip which results in the child's being:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Treated by a medical professional; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Admitted to a hospital;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If a child has an injury or accident while in attendance, notify the child's parent:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Immediately, if the child's injury is serious; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Within the same day, about all other injuries and each accident which may result in injury;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Immediately notify the office of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An employee or an individual on the child care facility premises who is under investigation for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A criminal charge; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An allegation of child abuse or neglect; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A change at the child care facility which may affect the status of the letter of compliance, including but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Individuals living on the premises;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Operation of the facility; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Telephone number;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Within 5 working days after there is a new individual living on the child care facility premises who is 18 years old or older:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submit to the office a signed and notarized release form giving the office permission to examine records of abuse and neglect of children and adults for information about the resident; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Direct the resident to apply for a federal and State criminal background check; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Within 10 business days of receiving notice from the facility’s supplier of water that the drinking water is contaminated, send a written notice of the contamination to the parent of each enrolled child that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Identifies the contaminants and their levels; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Describes the facility’s plan for dealing with the water contamination problem until the water is determined by the appropriate authority to be safe for consumption.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>