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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 13A.18.14.07" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="14" heading="Revocation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The office may revoke a certificate of registration if the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provider or child care home is in violation of one or more of the regulations under this subtitle and the health, safety, or welfare of a child in the home is threatened;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provider misrepresented or offered false information on the application or on any form or report required by the office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Provider interferes with or obstructs the agency representative in the performance of the duties of the office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Provider fails to submit all documentation required to maintain the certificate of registration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Provider or staff member refuses to permit access to a child or to the space in the home used for child care by a parent or an agency representative during operating hours of the child care home;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Terms or conditions of a sanction have been violated;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Violations required to be corrected during a period of suspension have not been corrected and the period has ended;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Provider fails to comply with the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Prohibitions on the use of an individual as an employee, a substitute, or a volunteer as set forth in COMAR 13A.18.06.03A, B, and F and COMAR 13A.18.06.10B; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Child security requirements set forth in COMAR 13A.18.07.06;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Provider permits an individual to have child supervision responsibilities after being notified by the office that the individual has been disapproved for that purpose;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Evaluation of information provided to or acquired by the office indicates that the provider is unable to care for the welfare of children;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Provider admits a child for treatment foster care in the home, unless the child is placed in the home in a preadoptive capacity;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Child care home is no longer the primary residence of the provider;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Provider or a resident is identified as responsible for abuse or neglect of children or adults; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Provider or a resident has a criminal conviction, a probation before judgment disposition, or a not criminally responsible disposition, or is awaiting a hearing on a charge for a crime that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is listed at COMAR 13A.18.02.07B or COMAR 13A.18.02.07C; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Indicates behavior harmful to children.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the office decides to revoke a certificate of registration, the office shall notify the provider in writing at least 20 calendar days in advance of the revocation, stating:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The effective date of the revocation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The reason for the revocation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The regulation with which the provider has failed to comply that is the basis for the revocation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>That the provider shall stop providing child care on the effective date of the revocation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>That the provider is entitled to a hearing if requested in writing within 20 calendar days of the date of the notice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The procedure to be used if the provider wishes to request a hearing to appeal the decision of the office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The revocation shall be stayed if the hearing is requested, unless the revocation immediately follows an emergency suspension period; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>That the provider is required to surrender the certificate of registration to the office when the revocation becomes effective.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The office shall notify the parents of the children in care of the revocation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>