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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 585
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(2) is a friend of each child's parents or legal guardian and the care is
provided on an occasional basis; or
(3) has received the care of the child from a child placement agency
licensed by the Administration or by a local department.
(c) A person may not advertise a family day care home or family day care
service unless the family day care home is registered under the provisions of this Part
V of this subtitle.
(d) An employee of the [Administration] DEPARTMENT charged with the
investigation and enforcement of child care regulations [or the chief licensing agent
in a regional office of the Administration] may serve a civil citation to a person found
in violation of this section.
5-552.1.
(a) (1) There is an amnesty period, to be determined by the [Child Care
Administration of the] Department, for unregistered family day care providers.
(2) The purpose of the amnesty period is to encourage compliance with
the registration requirements of this Part V.
(b) The amnesty is intended to encourage compliance with registration
requirements by:
(1) having unregistered family day care providers voluntarily enter the
registration process; and
(2) allowing unregistered family day care providers participating in the
amnesty program to continue providing child care during the registration process.
(c) (1) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part V, from
October 1, 1994 to September 30, 1997, there shall be an amnesty period in each of
those years for unregistered family day care providers as provided in subparagraph
(ii) of this paragraph to allow unregistered family day care providers to continue in
operation while becoming registered in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(ii) Except as provided in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, the
amnesty period shall be 12 months for each year from October 1, 1994 to September
30, 1997.
(iii) Subject to subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the [Child Care
Administration of the] Department may reduce the number of months in the amnesty
period to not less than 2 months for each of the 2 years from October 1, 1995 to
September 30, 1997, if the [Child Care Administration] DEPARTMENT finds that a
12-month period is not feasible.
(iv) If the [Child Care Administration] DEPARTMENT reduces the
number of the months in the amnesty period under subparagraph (iii) of this
paragraph, the [Child Care Administration] DEPARTMENT shall notify the General
Assembly in writing, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article.
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