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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 13A.18.04.03" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="04" heading="Enrollment and Attendance.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A provider may enroll a child for care at the child care home only if the child's age group is approved for care, as indicated on the provider's current certificate of registration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>All children in care at any one time are counted as being in attendance for purposes of complying with the regulations governing capacity, group size, and staff/child ratios.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The office:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall count as a child in care a resident who is younger than 6 years old; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May count as a child in care a child who is visiting the child care home if the child:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is younger than 8 years old and unaccompanied by an adult; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Cannot be sent home immediately.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The provider may not permit a child to remain in care for more than 14 hours in any 24-hour period on a regular basis without prior approval from the office.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>