The Department may grant a variance to a rule when the variance is necessary because the rule is not applicable, or to allow experimentation and demonstration of new and innovative approaches to the delivery of services or the Outdoor Child Caring Program has met the intended purpose of the rule through equivalent rules. The Department may establish conditions which must be met by the Outdoor Child Caring Program in order to operate under the variance.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 290-2-7-.17
O.C.G.A. Secs. 49-5-3, 49-5-12.