# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 18 — Large Family Child Care Homes

### Chapter 16 — Public Access to Licensing Records

#### Regulation .02 Disclosure of Information from Licensing Records.

*COMAR 13A.18.16.02*

A. Except as prohibited or restricted by applicable law or regulation, the custodian of record may make the following information from licensing records available to a requester:

  (1) Findings of inspections conducted by the office in registered child care homes;

  (2) Records of complaint forms pertaining to confirmed or unsubstantiated complaints;

  (3) Copies of certificates of registration, including those on provisional status;

  (4) Variances;

  (5) Correspondence and documents requiring abatement of noncompliance with the regulations of this subtitle, including compliance agreements;

  (6) Correspondence and documents pertaining to enforcement actions taken by the Department or office against a provider or a child care home, including denial letters, sanctions, emergency suspensions, and revocations; and

  (7) Correspondence regarding requests for inspection of licensing records under this regulation.

B. The custodian of record may not disclose sociological information to a requester, except that this information may be disclosed:

  (1) To public employees in the performance of their public duties;

  (2) To parties litigating claims for unemployment insurance to the extent the sociological information would be available to private parties in litigation; or

  (3) When required by a duly issued subpoena.