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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 13A.18.12.01" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="12" heading="Food Service.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Food and beverages that are furnished by a provider for meals or snacks, or both, shall comply with the guidelines of the Child and Adult Care Food Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as indicated on a chart supplied by the office.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Unless provided by the child’s parent, the provider shall furnish:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All beverages, including beverages for meals and snacks; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Milk with all meals.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A beverage furnished by the provider may not contain an added sweetener or caffeine, except for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Infant formula: or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A beverage prescribed for a child by a health care provider.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the child is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Younger than 2 years old, milk furnished to the child shall be supplied or approved by the child’s parent; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>2 years old or older, milk furnished to the child by the provider shall be 1% fat milk or nonfat milk, unless otherwise ordered by a health care provider or requested by the child’s parent.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The provider may arrange with the child’s parent to furnish milk of a type that is different from the milk ordinarily furnished by the provider.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Except during approved hours of overnight care, a provider shall serve meals and snacks at intervals of not more than 3 hours according to the following schedule:</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>If a provider chooses not to provide meals, the provider shall make arrangements with the parent of each child to provide food for meals.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A provider shall keep a supply of nutritious food on hand in order to provide food to a child whose parent has not supplied:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Food for meals or snacks; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sufficient food to meet the standards of the Child and Adult Care Food Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Menus. A provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Post in a conspicuous place a weekly planned menu of foods and beverages furnished by the provider for meals and snacks; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Keep a dated record of food actually served in the home, and to each child on a modified diet, on file for at least 4 weeks, correcting the planned menu if necessary.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>