The provider shall properly store, and keep inaccessible to the children in care, all potentially harmful items, including, but not limited to, knives, sharp tools, firearms, matches, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cannabis edibles, and smoking and vaping paraphernalia and byproducts, petroleum, flammable products, cleaning agents, and poisonous products.

Authority: Education Article, §§9.5-301—9.5-308, 9.5-310—9.5-312, 9.5-320, and 9.5-321;
General Provisions Article, §4-333; Human Services Article, §1-202; Annotated Code of Maryland
Agency Note: Federal Statutory Reference — Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.);
Pro-Children Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. §6081 et seq.);
Child Care Development Block Grant (45 CFR Parts 98 and 99 and 42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.);
Social Security Act §418 (42 U.S.C. 618)

Effective date: October 20, 2008 (35:21 Md. R. 1826)

Regulation .01 amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 618)

Regulation .01D, F amended effective January 13, 2020 (47:1 Md. R. 12)

Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective August 31, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 885); amended permanently effective February 5, 2024 (51:2 Md. R. 76)

Regulation .04 amended effective January 13, 2020 (47:1 Md. R. 12)

Regulation .05 amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 618)

Regulation .06 amended effective April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 367)

Regulation .06B amended effective January 13, 2020 (47:1 Md. R. 12)