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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 13A.18.07.02" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="07" heading="Abuse/Neglect Reporting.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A provider, employee, substitute, or volunteer who has reason to believe that a child has been:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Abused, inside or outside of the child care home, shall report that belief directly to the protective services unit of the local department or to a law enforcement agency, as required under Maryland law; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Neglected, inside or outside of the child care home, shall report that belief directly to the protective services unit of the local department as required under Maryland law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If a child has been subjected to injurious treatment, it shall be reported to the office.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Instruct the staff to monitor all children daily for signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Instruct the staff about their legal obligations to report suspected child abuse or neglect directly to the local department or the appropriate law enforcement agency; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Post, near each telephone in the child care home, the telephone numbers of the Child Protective Services unit of the local department and the appropriate law enforcement agency.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A provider may not require an employee, substitute, or volunteer to report through the provider, rather than directly to the local department or a law enforcement agency, when the employee, substitute, or volunteer has reason to believe that a child has been abused or neglected.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>