{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1596.76","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1596.76","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3.4. California Child Day Care Act [1596.70. - 1596.895.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3.4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions [1596.70. - 1596.7996.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3.4/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 574, Sec. 1.   (AB 605)   Effective January 1, 2019.","effective":"2019-01-01","html":"<p>“Day care center” means a child day care facility other than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and schoolage child care centers, and includes child care centers licensed pursuant to Section <a href=\"/hsc/1596.951\">1596.951</a>.</p>","text":"“Day care center” means a child day care facility other than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools, extended day care facilities, and schoolage child care centers, and includes child care centers licensed pursuant to Section 1596.951.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/general-provisions-and-definitions-1596-76","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}