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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 13A.18.03.02" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="03" heading="Admission to Care.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A provider may not admit a child for care unless the provider has:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Met the applicable requirements of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Received the written records required by Regulation .04C—H of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>At or before the child's admission to care, the provider shall obtain written information from the parent about the child's individual needs.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Upon admission of an infant or a toddler, a provider shall determine with the parent:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A schedule for feeding the child that includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The amounts and kinds of food consumed daily;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The sequence for introducing solid food when appropriate; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Any recommendations about feeding from the infant's physician;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A written individual activity plan for the child; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the child is 12 months old or older, the need for the child to use a crib for rest purposes.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If a child is younger than 6 years old at the time of admission, the provider may not allow the child to remain in care if the parent does not, in accordance with COMAR 10.11.04, submit evidence to the provider on a form supplied or approved by the Office that the child has received an appropriate lead screening or test.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>As part of the admission process, the provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Give the parent, or advise the parent how to obtain, consumer education information on child care that is supplied by the office; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide documentation that the requirements of §C(1) of this regulation have been met.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>