{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1596.799","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1596.799","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. 2024, Ch. 933, Sec. 2.   (AB 772)   Effective January 1, 2025.","effective":"2025-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Notwithstanding Section <a href=\"/hsc/1597.05\">1597.05</a> or any other law, a drop-in childcare center shall not be required to do either of the following:</p><p>(1) Verify children’s immunizations or tuberculosis testing.</p><p>(2) Maintain files regarding children’s immunizations or tuberculosis testing.</p><p>(b) Upon admission of a child into a drop-in childcare center, if the medical assessment required by department regulations is not available for a child, then the licensee shall obtain a written health assessment completed by the child’s authorized representative. Except as provided in subdivision (a), a written health assessment shall include the same information and be maintained in the same manner as a medical assessment required by department regulations. A drop-in childcare center shall not require physician approval of the health assessment completed by the child’s authorized representative.</p><p>(c) Upon admission of a child into a drop-in childcare center, the child’s authorized representative shall sign an acknowledgment that they understand that verification of immunizations and tuberculosis testing is not required for any child accepted into a drop-in childcare center.</p><p>(d) This section shall not be construed to exempt a drop-in childcare center from any other licensing requirement.</p>","text":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 1597.05 or any other law, a drop-in childcare center shall not be required to do either of the following: (1) Verify children’s immunizations or tuberculosis testing. (2) Maintain files regarding children’s immunizations or tuberculosis testing. (b) Upon admission of a child into a drop-in childcare center, if the medical assessment required by department regulations is not available for a child, then the licensee shall obtain a written health assessment completed by the child’s authorized representative. Except as provided in subdivision (a), a written health assessment shall include the same information and be maintained in the same manner as a medical assessment required by department regulations. A drop-in childcare center shall not require physician approval of the health assessment completed by the child’s authorized representative. (c) Upon admission of a child into a drop-in childcare center, the child’s authorized representative shall sign an acknowledgment that they understand that verification of immunizations and tuberculosis testing is not required for any child accepted into a drop-in childcare center. (d) This section shall not be construed to exempt a drop-in childcare center from any other licensing requirement.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/general-provisions-and-definitions-1596-799","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}