Maryland labels forms by small family home, large family home and center applicability. Its public directory supplies application checklists, registration forms and separate child and personnel records.
Agency: Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Child Care (OCC) Paperwork source review: September 14, 2026
Use your print window to print on paper or save as a PDF. The organizer is a planning aid for your files.
Check the form and your provider type.
An official agency form is issued or listed by the agency; that label alone does not establish mandatory use. A required state form is identified as mandatory in the cited instructions. A required record identifies information you must maintain; its format may be flexible. An optional template is a suggested format. Official instructions / portal links explain the application or record process.
Read “Applies to” and “Format and applicability” for each item. Home, group-home, center, local licensing, food-program, and subsidy requirements can differ.
Application & renewal
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Official agency form
Family Child Care Home Application
Form OCC 1230
Applies for initial registration or resumption of services.
Applies to
Small family child care homes and co-provider applicants
Who completes it
Applicant; regional office completes its section
Where it goes
Appropriate OCC regional licensing office with supporting documents.
When to use or update
Before operating; application alone is not permission to provide care.
Format and applicability: Official four-page PDF; use current linked edition despite legacy date in filename.
Documents health assessment and accompanying immunization, lead and special-care information.
Applies to
Children entering licensed, registered or approved child care, including homes
Who completes it
Parent/guardian and health practitioner
Where it goes
Child health file, available only to people with legitimate care responsibility.
When to use or update
Before attendance, subject to documented exemptions described in the instructions.
Format and applicability: Official three-page form; Part II allows an attached physical examination, and immunization/lead evidence has stated alternatives.
Selected official forms and public instructions were reviewed on September 14, 2026. This is a practical starting list, not a complete certification of every record, retention period, local rule, or individual application.
MSDE warns that some website links may be temporarily unavailable during updates.
Directory's general printing/mailing guidance does not mean every child record must be mailed; application documents go to regional licensing and operational records stay with the program as applicable.
Small and large family homes have different application/continuing-registration forms.
Scholarship and CACFP billing paperwork were not verified in this pass.
Use the agency’s current original and revision instructions. Keep confidential child and staff records in your own secure record system.
Use this sheet to check which items apply to your program. A listed item or a checked box does not establish that your program meets licensing requirements.
Program / provider type:
Licensing office / reviewer:
Date checked / rule or packet edition:
Form or instruction
Applies? Yes / No / Ask
Received / completed
Location / next review
1. Family Child Care Home Application (OCC 1230)
2. Large Family Child Care Home Application (OCC 1240)
3. Request for Continuing Family Child Care Home Registration (OCC 673)
4. Emergency Form (OCC 1214)
5. Health Inventory (OCC 1215)
6. Family Child Care Residents and Personnel Form (OCC 1202)
7. Fire and Emergency/Disaster Drill Log (OCC 1262)
8. Emergency Escape Plan (OCC 1261)
Other local or agency document
Food-program / subsidy documents
Questions and next steps
Ask about required format, signatures, submission, update triggers, and retention. Record the agency’s answer and the person or written source that confirmed it.
Companion to the Maryland source review dated September 14, 2026. Provider Path educational planning sheet.
Use your existing tools alongside these sources.
Keep official licensing records with your program’s business records. Provider Path’s editable agreement, handbook, and daily forms can help organize your work; check the state instructions before choosing a format.
