ARTICLE 2. Administration of Child Day Care Licensing

Article 2 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1615, Sec. 9.

§§ 1596.80–1596.879 · 66 sections

§ 1596.80 No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a child day care facility in this state…
§ 1596.802 Notwithstanding any other law, on or before January 1, 2025, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Create a template form for plans of operations.…
§ 1596.803 (a) (1) An application fee adjusted by facility and capacity shall be charged by the department for the issuance of a license to operate a child day care…
§ 1596.804 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, on or before January 1, 2024, the department shall revise its regulations to meet both of the following requirements: (1)…
§ 1596.805 No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall provide specialized services within a child day care facility in this state without first…
§ 1596.806 (a) A room used as a classroom by a schoolage childcare program shall not be required to meet the square footage or toilet requirements for child daycare…
§ 1596.807 The State Department of Social Services, shall allow an extended daycare program, whether or not exempt from licensure pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section…
§ 1596.808 (a) Commencing January 1, 2012, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a licensed child day care facility shall comply with all of the following…
§ 1596.809 (a) A prospective applicant for licensure shall be notified at the time of the initial request for information regarding application for licensure that, prior… see note
§ 1596.81 (a) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the…
§ 1596.813 The department shall adopt regulations regarding immunization requirements for children enrolled in family day care homes in accordance with Chapter 1…
§ 1596.814 (a) A licensed family daycare home operated at a private single-family dwelling with an in-ground swimming pool on the premises shall comply with all of the…
§ 1596.815 The department shall, on or before December 31, 1991, review all child care regulations of the department with respect to clarifying or eliminating vagueness…
§ 1596.816 (a) The Community Care Licensing Division of the department shall regulate child care licensees through an organizational unit that is separate from that used…
§ 1596.817 (a) When the department conducts a site visit of a licensed child day care facility, the department shall post on, or immediately adjacent to, the interior…
§ 1596.818 (a) The department shall specify in its licensing report all violations that, if not corrected, will have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or…
§ 1596.819 (a) Except as otherwise prohibited by law, the department shall post licensing information on its Internet Web site as follows: (1) For each child day care…
§ 1596.82 The department may contract for state, county, or other public agencies to assume specified licensing, approval, or consultation responsibilities. If an agency…
§ 1596.83 An applicant or licensee shall file his or her mailing address, in writing, with the department and, shall notify the department, in writing, of any change…
§ 1596.84 The department may issue provisional licenses to operate day care facilities which the director determines are in substantial compliance with the provisions of…
§ 1596.841 Each child day care facility shall maintain a current roster of children who are provided care in the facility. The roster shall include the name, address, and…
§ 1596.842 Following approval by the department of a list of provider rights, the Community Care Licensing Division shall print and distribute in person, to individuals…
§ 1596.843 (a) Whenever a facility visit and a complaint investigation are conducted at the same time by the department, a separate licensing report shall be used to…
§ 1596.844 The department shall acknowledge in writing within 10 days of receipt, the request of a licensee to review notices of deficiency or penalty, or both.
§ 1596.845 Prior to the issuance of a new license or special permit pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), or Chapter 3.6 (commencing…
§ 1596.846 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The American Academy of Pediatrics, after reviewing the data from all the studies, concluded…
§ 1596.847 (a) A child day care facility shall not use or have on the premises, on or after July 1, 1998, a full-size or non-full-size crib that is unsafe for any infant…
§ 1596.85 No license or special permit issued pursuant to Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 15967.90) and 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) shall have any…
§ 1596.851 (a) (1) If an application for a license or special permit indicates, or the department determines during the application review process, that the applicant…
§ 1596.852 Any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department may, upon presentation of proper identification, enter and inspect any place providing…
§ 1596.853 (a) Any person may request an inspection of any child daycare facility in accordance with the California Child Day Care Facilities Act by transmitting to the…
§ 1596.8535 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall conduct any authorized inspection, announced site visit, or unannounced site visit of any…
§ 1596.854 The withdrawal of an application for a license or a special permit after it has been filed with the department shall not, unless the department consents in…
§ 1596.855 (a) Upon attendance at an orientation meeting, as described in Section 1596.845, an applicant shall be provided, without charge, a printed copy of all…
§ 1596.8555 A licensed child day care facility shall post its license in a prominent, publicly accessible location in the facility. A family day care home shall comply…
§ 1596.856 If the department finds that the applicant is not in compliance with this act or the regulations promulgated under this act, the department shall deny the…
§ 1596.857 (a) Upon presentation of identification, the responsible parent or guardian of a child receiving services in a child day care facility has the right to enter…
§ 1596.858 A license shall be forfeited by operation of law prior to its expiration date when any one of the following occurs: (a) The licensee sells or otherwise…
§ 1596.859 (a) (1) Each licensed child daycare facility shall make accessible to the public a copy of any licensing report or other public licensing document pertaining…
§ 1596.8595 (a) (1) Each licensed child day care facility shall post a copy of any licensing report pertaining to the facility that documents either a facility inspection…
§ 1596.86 (a) The director shall annually publish and make available to interested persons a list or lists covering all licensed child daycare facilities, other than…
§ 1596.861 (a) Each child day care facility licensed under this chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), or Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30)…
§ 1596.862 (a) The department may approve or deny a written request for enrollment or retention of a nonminor student at a schoolage child care center. The department may…
§ 1596.865 It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage any person who provides child care in a child day care facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 3.5…
§ 1596.866 (a) (1) In addition to other required training, all staff who provide childcare at a daycare center, each family daycare home licensee, all staff who provide…
§ 1596.8661 (a) For purposes of the training required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 1596.798, pediatric first aid training pursuant to Section…
§ 1596.8662 (a) The department shall do all of the following: (1) Make information available to all licensed child daycare providers, administrators, and employees of…
§ 1596.867 (a) All child daycare facilities, as defined in Section 1596.750, shall include an Earthquake Preparedness Checklist as an attachment to the emergency and…
§ 1596.868 (a) A child daycare facility shall have an emergency and disaster plan that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) Evacuation procedures,…
§ 1596.869 Directors of combination child day care facilities shall be included in the teacher-child ratio during periods when they are actively supervising children and…
§ 1596.87 (a) The department shall institute a staff development and training program within the organizational structure to develop among staff the knowledge,…
§ 1596.871 The Legislature recognizes the need to generate timely and accurate positive fingerprint identification of applicants as a condition of issuing licenses,…
§ 1596.8712 (a) (1) Whenever an individual is excluded by the department from a licensed family day care home, the department shall prepare and provide to the licensed…
§ 1596.8713 (a) The Department of Justice may charge a fee sufficient to cover its costs in providing services in accordance with Section 1596.871 to comply with the…
§ 1596.8714 On or before March 1, 2000, the State Department of Social Services shall convene a workgroup to review current criminal background check requirements and…
§ 1596.8715 If a licensee or facility is required by law to deny employment or to terminate employment of any employee based on written notification from the state…
§ 1596.8716 (a) For licensing purposes, employees of a childcare and development program operated by a school district, county office of education, or community college…
§ 1596.872a (a) The department may establish a child care advocate program. Each regional office, as well as the central office of the department, may have an advocate who…
§ 1596.872b (a) The department may establish a child care advocate program. This program may have one child care advocate for each licensing district regional office…
§ 1596.873 The Early Childhood Policy Council established pursuant to Section 10320 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall perform all of the following functions with…
§ 1596.874 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall furnish each licensed child day care facility with a notice that shall be posted at the facility where it can…
§ 1596.875 To assure compliance with this act, the department shall: (a) Conduct ongoing in-service programs for licensing staff in cooperation with other public entities…
§ 1596.876 In any case in which a child day care facility releases a minor to a peace officer pursuant to Section 305 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the official…
§ 1596.877 (a) Prior to granting a license to, or otherwise approving, any family day care home, the department shall check the child abuse and neglect complaint records…
§ 1596.878 The department shall establish, administer, and monitor programs which license child day care facilities consistent with the provisions of this act.
§ 1596.879 Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit, the department shall notify the applicant in writing. Within 15 days…