{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-education-9.5-301","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Education § 9.5–301","heading":"","body":"(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “Child care provider” means the adult who has primary responsibility for the operation of a family child care home or a large family child care home.\n(c) “Direct Grant Fund” means the Family Child Care Provider Direct Grant Fund.\n(d) “Family child care” means the care given to a child under the age of 13 years or to any developmentally disabled person under the age of 21 years, in place of parental care for less than 24 hours a day, in a residence other than the child’s residence, for which the child care provider is paid.\n(e) “Family child care home” means a residence in which family child care is provided for up to eight children.\n(f) “Family child care provider” means an individual who cares for children in a registered family child care home or a registered large family child care home.\n(g) “Large family child care home” means a residence in which family child care is provided for at least nine children, but not more than 12 children.\n(h) “Unregistered family child care home” means a residence in which family child care is provided and in which the child care provider:\n(1) Has not obtained a certificate of registration from the Department;\n(2) Is not related by blood or marriage to each child in the provider’s care;\n(3) Is not a friend of each child’s parents or legal guardian and is providing care on a regular basis; and\n(4) Has not received the care of the child from a child placement agency licensed by the Department of Human Services or by a local department of social services.","path":["Article - Education"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ged\u0026section=9.5-301","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:38Z","sha256":"68520aabe4e639e2cf3de8cf4b311c9e27611855386fd55668df09fb5d2733bc","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-education-9.5-208","next":"us-md/md.-code-education-9.5-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}