Child care
Child care providers may reopen provided the following physical precautions are met and followed:
- General Operating Requirements; and
- guidance as issued by the Maryland Department of Health and as amended from time to time.
Child care providers should review Operating schools during COVID-19: CDC's Considerations, issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Supplemental Guidance for Child Care, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Positive COVID-19 Cases
Childcare facilities are required under Maryland Annotated Code Health General 18-202 and COMAR 10.06.01.04 to immediately report any positive COVID-19 cases (among children, staff, or administration) to Montgomery County’s Disease Control Team at 240-777-1755.
The information provided is confidential. Failure to provide this information is a misdemeanor.
Response to a Laboratory Confirmed Case of COVID-19 and Persons with COVID-19-like Illness in Schools and Decision Aid (PDF), Maryland Department of Health and State Department of Education
