A provider or substitute may not knowingly care for a child who has a serious transmissible infection or communicable disease during the period of exclusion for that infection or disease shown in the Communicable Disease Summary, as published by the Maryland Department of Health.

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 .01C amended effective March 21, 2011 (38:6 Md. R. 396)

Regulation .03 amended effective January 13, 2020 (47:1 Md. R. 12)

Regulation .04 amended effective June 24, 2013 (40:12 Md. R. 1043)

Regulation .04A, E amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 618)

Regulation .04B amended effective March 21, 2011 (38:6 Md. R. 396)

Regulation .04G adopted effective July 20, 2015 (42:14 Md. R. 882)

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

Regulation .04H adopted as an emergency provision effective August 31, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 885); adopted permanently effective February 5, 2024 (51:2 Md. R. 76)

Regulation .05 amended as an emergency provision effective August 31, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 885); adopted permanently effective February 5, 2024 (51:2 Md. R. 76)

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

Regulation .06 repealed as an emergency provision effective August 31, 2023 (50:20 Md. R. 885); repealed permanently effective February 5, 2024 (51:2 Md. R. 76)