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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 13A.18.02.03" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="02" heading="Continuing Registration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Application for Continuing Registration. To obtain a continuing registration, a provider shall submit to the office before expiration of the initial registration:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A completed request, on a form supplied by the office, for continued registration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Documentation that the continued training requirements and the first aid and CPR certification requirements set forth in COMAR 13A.18.06.05—.07 have been met;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A medical evaluation that meets the requirements of Regulation .02D(2) of this chapter for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Each resident in the home who has child care responsibilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Each volunteer; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Each staff member;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A completed and notarized release of information form that permits the office to examine records of abuse and neglect of children and adults for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Each provider substitute;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Each resident in the home who is 18 years old or older;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Each volunteer;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Each staff member; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>If required by the office, any other individual with regular access to the child care area during the approved hours of operation;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Documentation that the child care home has passed the most recent fire inspection required by the local fire authority having jurisdiction;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>If the home is located in an apartment or other property that is rented or leased by the applicant, written authorization from the lessor, owner, or landlord permitting the provider to continue providing child care in the home; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Any other documentation required by law or regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Maintenance of Continuing Registration.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>By the end of each 12-month period after the date of issuance of a continuing registration, the provider shall make available to the office documentation that the continued training requirements set forth in COMAR 13A.18.06.05—.07 have been met.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>By the end of each 24-month period after the date of issuance of a continuing registration, the provider shall make available to the office the items specified in §A(2)—(7) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>