# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 17 — Child Care — Letters of Compliance

### Chapter 06 — Staff Requirements

#### Regulation .05 Substitutes.

*COMAR 13A.17.06.05*

A. When a staff member is absent, the operator shall provide a substitute as needed to maintain the staff/child ratios required by COMAR 13A.17.08.03.

B. A substitute shall be 18 years old or older, except that a substitute aide may be 16 years old or older.