Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 13A - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Subtitle 16 - CHILD CARE CENTERS
Chapter 13A.16.18 - Administrative Hearings
Section 13A.16.18.01 - Scope

A. This chapter applies to hearings concerning actions taken by the Office of Child Care which adversely impact child care center licenses and letters of compliance. These actions include denials, suspensions, or revocations of licenses or letters of compliance, reductions in capacity, limitations on the ages or numbers of children who may be admitted to the child care center, limitations on the spaces, rooms, or areas that may be used for child care, restrictions on which individuals can be alone with children in care pending open child protective services or criminal investigations, the imposition of civil penalties for providing or advertising unlicensed child care services without a valid child care license, and employment exclusions pursuant to COMAR 13A.16.06.03A or B.

B. The Superintendent has delegated authority to administrative law judges of the Office of Administrative Hearings to make the final decisions of the Superintendent on the actions listed in §A of this regulation. A decision by an administrative law judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings in a child care center case is the final decision of the highest administrative authority in the case, and thus is directly appealable to the circuit court in the jurisdiction where the child care center is located pursuant to State Government Article, § 10-222, Annotated Code of Maryland.