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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 13A.17.15.07" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="15" heading="Revocation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The office may revoke a letter of compliance if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The operator or facility is in violation of this subtitle and the health, safety, or welfare of children in the facility is threatened;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The operator misrepresented or offered false information on the application or on any form or report required by the office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The operator interferes with the agency representative in the performance of the duties of the office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The operator fails to comply with the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Prohibitions on the use of an individual as an employee, substitute, or volunteer as set forth, respectively, in COMAR 13A.17.06.03A and B and COMAR 13A.17.06.07B; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Child security requirements set forth in COMAR 13A.17.07.06;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The terms or conditions of an intermediate sanction have been violated;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Violations required to be corrected during a period of suspension have not been corrected and the period has ended;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The letter of compliance is a continuing letter of compliance that was replaced by a conditional letter of compliance, and the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Conditional letter of compliance has lapsed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Operator has failed to meet the requirements for reinstatement of the continuing letter of compliance; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>The evaluation of information provided to or acquired by the office indicates that the operator is unable to care for the welfare of children.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the office decides to revoke a letter of compliance, the office shall notify the operator in writing 20 calendar days before the effective date of the revocation, stating:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The effective date of the revocation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The reason for revocation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The regulatory violation which is the basis for the revocation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>That the operator shall stop providing child care unless a hearing is requested in writing within 20 days of the date of the revocation notice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>That the operator may request a hearing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>That the revocation shall be stayed if a hearing is requested within 20 days of the date of the revocation notice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>That, if the revocation is upheld by the Office of Administrative Hearings following the hearing, the operator shall cease providing child care; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>That the operator is required to surrender the letter of compliance to the office when the revocation becomes effective.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The office shall notify the parents of the children in care of the revocation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>