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CHILD CARE REGULATIONS



The MSDE Division of Early Childhood Development administers and enforces the following subtitles and chapters of Title 13A State Board of Education under the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR):

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  Subtitle 15, Chapters 01-15, Family Child Care

    (COMAR 13A.15.01-.15)

NOTE:   As of 10/20/08, Subtitle 15 includes Family

             Child Care Administrative Hearings

             regulations, which were previously codified

             as COMAR 13A.14.03.


  Subtitle 16, Chapters 01-19, Child Care Centers

    (COMAR 13A.16.01-.19)

NOTE:   As of 10/20/08, Subtitle 16 includes:

             -    Child Care Center Administrative Hearings

                   regulations, which were previously  

                   codified as COMAR 13A.14.04; and

             -    Educational Programs in Nonpublic

                   Nursery Schools regulations, which were

                   previously codified as COMAR 13A.14.13.


  Subtitle 17, Chapters 01-16, Child Care—Letters of

    Compliance (COMAR 13A.17.01-.16)

            NOTE:   As of 10/20/08, Subtitle 17 includes:

             -    Child Care Center Administrative Hearings

                   regulations, which were previously  

                   codified as COMAR 13A.14.04; and

             -    Educational Programs in Nonpublic

                   Nursery Schools regulations, which were

                   previously codified as COMAR 13A.14.13.

  COMAR 13A.14.06 Purchase of Child Care 


  COMAR 13A.14.07 Family Day Care Provider Direct Grant Fund

  COMAR 13A.14.08 Child Care Training Approval


  13A.14.09 Maryland Child Care Credential Program


  COMAR 13A.14.10 Child Care Accreditation Support Fund

  COMAR 13A.14.11 Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program


  



Contact Information
Paula Johnson, Chief, Licensing Branch
Division of Early Childhood Development
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone:  (410) 767-7802
Email:  paula.johnson@msde.state.md.us
Angeline Bishop-Oshoko, Chief, Credentialing Branch

Division of Early Childhood Development
Maryland State Department of Education

200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone:  1-866-243-8796
Email:  angeline.bishop-osho@msde.state.md.us
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