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Application for a License to Conduct a Recreational Camp for Children

Click here to access the license application.  Once completed, the application can be sent to Bobbi Cody at codyb@marblehead.org.

In addition to the application, the following list of documents must be completed and submitted before your application for a license can be fully processed.  You are strongly encouraged to complete these documents as soon as possible and submit them in advance. This will expedite the licensing process.

See the MA Regulations for Minimum Standards of Recreational Camps for Children, State Sanitary Code, Chapter IV-105 CMR 430.000 and the guidance documents issued by the Department of Public Health, Division of Community Sanitation for additional assistance with developing the following documents.

  • Procedures for the background review of staff (105 CMR 430.090)
  • Copy of promotional literature (105 CMR 430.190(C))
  • Procedures for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect (105 CMR 430.093)
  • Health Care Policy (105 CMR 430.159 (B))
  • Discipline policy (105 CMR 430.191)
  • Fire evacuation plan - approved by local fire department (105 CMR 430.210(A))
  • Disaster plan (105 CMR 430.210(B))
  • Lost camper plan (105 CMR 430.210(C))
  • Lost swimmer plan (105 CMR 430.210(C))
  • Traffic control plan (105 CMR 430.210 (D))
  • Day Camps - contingency plan (105 CMR 430.211)
  • Primitive, Trip or Travel Camps - written itinerary, including sources of emergency care, and contingency plans (105 CMR 430.212
  • Current certificate of occupancy from local building inspector (105 CMR 430.451)
  • Written statement of compliance from local fire department (105 CMR 430.215)
  • Lab analysis of private water supply (if applicable) (105 CMR 430.300.303)

Please note: If you are applying for an original camp license, that is, the original camp license in each community where the camp is located, you must file a plan showing the following with the board of health at least 90 days before your desired opening date (See MGL Ch.140 s. 32A):

  • Buildings, structures, fixtures and facilities
  • Proposed source of water supply
  • Works for disposal of sewerage and waste water