ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions

Article 1 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1615, Sec. 9.

§§ 1596.70–1596.7996 · 32 sections

§ 1596.70 This chapter and Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90) and 3.6 (commencing with 1597.30) may be cited as the California Child Day Care Facilities Act.
§ 1596.71 This chapter applies to Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90) and 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30). This chapter also applies to Chapter 3.65…
§ 1596.72 The Legislature finds all of the following: (a) That child daycare facilities can contribute positively to a child’s emotional, cognitive, and educational…
§ 1596.73 The purposes of this act are to: (a) Streamline the administration of childcare licensing and thereby increase the efficiency and effectiveness of this system.…
§ 1596.74 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this chapter and Chapters 3.5 (commencing with…
§ 1596.75 “Child” means a person who is under 18 years of age who is being provided care and supervision in a child day care facility, except where otherwise specified…
§ 1596.750 “Child day care facility” means a facility that provides nonmedical care to children under 18 years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or…
§ 1596.76 “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…
§ 1596.77 “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
§ 1596.770 “Director” means the Director of Social Services.
§ 1596.771 “Employer-sponsored child care center” means any child day care facility at the employer’s site of business operated directly or through a provider contract by…
§ 1596.773 (a) “Probation” means the period of time that a licensed child day care facility is required to comply with specific terms and conditions set forth by the…
§ 1596.775 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a severe shortage of child care for schoolage children throughout California, with many…
§ 1596.78 (a) “Family daycare home” means a facility that regularly provides care, protection, and supervision for 14 or fewer children, in the provider’s own home, for…
§ 1596.785 “Nonminor student” means a person 18 years of age or older who qualifies as an individual with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026 of the Education…
§ 1596.79 “Person” means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or governmental entity, such as the state, a county, city,…
§ 1596.790 “Planning agency” means the agency designated pursuant to Section 65100 of the Government Code.
§ 1596.791 “Provider” means a person who operates a child day care facility and is licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90) or 3.6 (commencing…
§ 1596.7915 “Schoolage child care center” means a day care center or part of a day care center that provides nonmedical care and supervision, personal services, or…
§ 1596.7916 “Drop-in childcare center” means any daycare center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that exclusively offers a program of services for which there is no…
§ 1596.792 This chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), and Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) do not apply to any of the following: (a) Any…
§ 1596.7925 (a) On or before July 1, 2019, the State Department of Education shall adopt new health and safety regulations under Title 5 of the California Code of…
§ 1596.793 This chapter and Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90) and 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) do not apply to recreation programs conducted for…
§ 1596.794 The department shall serve as the liaison to child day care facilities for the purposes of Sections 17608 to 17613, inclusive, of the Education Code.
§ 1596.795 (a) The smoking of a tobacco product in a private residence that is licensed as a family day care home shall be prohibited in the home and in those areas of…
§ 1596.796 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments are not required to be made to any person who provides child care services and is exempt from the…
§ 1596.797 (a) Blood glucose testing for the purposes of monitoring a minor child diagnosed with diabetes may be performed in a child day care facility in accordance with…
§ 1596.798 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, licensees and staff of a child daycare facility may administer medication to a child if all of the following requirements…
§ 1596.7985 (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2027, the department, in consultation with the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) and the State Department of Education,…
§ 1596.799 (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…
§ 1596.7995 (a) (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza,…
§ 1596.7996 (a) A licensed child day care facility, upon enrolling or reenrolling any child, shall provide the parent or guardian with written information, to be developed…