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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 14.31.07.11" title_num="14" subtitle_num="31" chapter_num="07" heading="Mother-Infant Programs.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In addition to the requirements set out in COMAR 14.31.05 and 14.31.06, a licensee shall ensure a program that provides mother-infant services also meets the requirements of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A licensee may provide care and service for children who are mothers with an infant if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The licensing agency approves the program in writing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The licensee ensures that adolescents follow the advice of a licensed physician regarding the health care of the adolescent's child;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The licensee provides the mother with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Sanitary space, a table, and plumbing necessary to change diapers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Competent instruction in the care and nurturing of infants;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Limits on her social activities to ensure that she is responsible for her infant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Opportunity, encouragement, and structure for the completion of her education;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Encouragement to develop her capacity for and understanding of her independence;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Assurance that any child care center or home where the infant may be placed during daytime hours is licensed under State law;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Professional guidance, training, and counseling in human sexuality; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>A bed in a room separate from where the infant sleeps after the infant is 6 months old;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The licensee assures that the infant is provided with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Protection from harm;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Access to health care;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Proper food and nutrition;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Physical warmth and nurture;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Protection from disease;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Physical comfort;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Proper sleeping environment in an appropriate crib;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Appropriate feeding schedule;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Regularly changed diapers in a sanitary environment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>When the infant is 6 months old, a crib in a room separate from where the mother sleeps;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Pediatric care in accordance with Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment schedules; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Required immunizations;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The licensee ensures that direct care workers in this program:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Receive 10 hours of training specific to infant care before assuming duties in a mother-infant program as part of the training requirements of COMAR 14.31.06; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Annually receive 15 hours of training specific to the mother-infant program as part of the training requirements of COMAR 14.31.06; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The program provides the licensing agency with a written policy regarding the care of an adolescent's child by another adolescent in residence in which the following conditions are met:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The adolescent assumes care of no more than one other child in addition to her own at any time;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The adolescents discuss the expectations of the caregiver, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Duration of child care;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The child's nutritional and toileting needs; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Any arrangements for compensation or exchange of baby-sitting; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The arrangement is reviewed and approved by the program administrator or the program administrator's designee.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>