The Child Care Center Licensing Manual (Manual) is used as a reference for Office of Child Care (OCC) licensing staff, licensed child care center operators, and for those who apply to become child care center operators. The Manual primarily provides assistance in interpreting and applying Code of Maryland Regulation (COMAR) requirements when child care facilities are inspected for compliance by licensing staff. By providing a comprehensive set of interpretive guidelines, the Manual enables child care center operators to achieve and maintain compliance, and enables licensing staff to assess operator compliance in a consistent and equitable manner.
Chapters .01-.19 of the Child Care Center Manual, are listed below. For your convenience, the “Title Page and Master Table of Contents” contain a Title Page, an Introduction, and Table of Contents for all chapters. This is useful when assembling the chapters together in a notebook or other type of binder.
Title Page and Master Table of Contents
02 License Application and Maintenance
03 Management and Administration
05 Physical Plant and Equipment
10 Safety
11 Health
12 Nutrition
13 Center for Children with Acute Illness
16 Educational Programs in Nonpublic Nursery Schools
17 Inspections Complaints and Enforcement
19 Public Access to Licensing Records