# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 18 — Large Family Child Care Homes

### Chapter 11 — Health

#### Regulation .01 Exclusion for Acute Illness.

*COMAR 13A.18.11.01*

A. The provider shall:

  (1) Monitor, and ensure that each staff member present monitors, each child in attendance for signs and symptoms of acute illness;

  (2) Notify a child's parent or other designated person upon observing a sign or symptom of acute illness; and

  (3) Provide temporary isolation for the affected child in a suitably equipped separate area within sight and hearing of an adult.

B. A provider may not admit a child to care or allow a child to remain in care when the child is exhibiting symptoms of acute illness.

C. A child may not be readmitted to care after an absence of 3 days or more due to illness without a written statement from the parent or physician that the child may return to a regular schedule.