# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 17 — Child Care — Letters of Compliance

### Chapter 05 — Physical Plant and Equipment

#### Regulation .10 Telephone and Communication.

*COMAR 13A.17.05.10*

A. There shall be at least one operable telephone in the facility that is freely and readily available to all facility staff during the approved hours of operation.

B. In a facility 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.

C. The operator shall provide additional telephones or extensions in the facility as may be required to:

  (1) Summon emergency fire and rescue services promptly; and

  (2) Transmit and receive other emergency communications.