CHAPTER 3.5. Day Care Centers [1596.90. - 1597.22.]

Chapter 3.5 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1615, Sec. 10.

§§ 1596.90–1597.22 · 26 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 1596.90 · 1 section

   • § 1596.90 No day care center for children shall be licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), but shall be subject to licensure exclusively in accordance…
2. ARTICLE 2. Licensure Requirements §§ 1596.95–1596.99 · 8 sections

   • § 1596.95 Any person desiring issuance of a license for a daycare center or a special permit for specialized services in a daycare center under this chapter shall file…
   • § 1596.951 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to create a childcare license that has individual program components that serve infant, toddler, preschool, and…
   • § 1596.952 (a) A corporation that applies for licensure with the department shall list the facilities that any member of the board of directors, the executive director,…
   • § 1596.954 Every licensed child day care center shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter 8…
   • § 1596.96 (a) The department and the licensing agencies with which it contracts for licensing shall review and make a final determination within 60 days of an…
   • § 1596.97 A license or special permit for a day care center for children may be issued providing the licensee has been found not to be in violation of any statutory…
   • § 1596.98 (a) The department shall notify the day care center in writing of all deficiencies in its compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted…
   • § 1596.99 (a) In addition to the suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation of a license issued under this chapter or Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70),…
3. ARTICLE 3. Administration §§ 1597.05–1597.22 · 17 sections

   • § 1597.05 (a) Licensing reviews of a child day care center shall be limited to health and safety considerations and shall not include any reviews of the content of any…
   • § 1597.055 (a) Notwithstanding any other educational requirements, a person may be hired as a teacher in a day care center if he or she satisfies all of the following…
   • § 1597.056 Notwithstanding any other educational requirements, a person may be hired to provide extended day care for children of a given grade level in a day care center…
   • § 1597.057 Any requirement established by the department, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1596.70) of Chapter 3.4, that coursework in early childhood…
   • § 1597.059 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall adopt guidelines and procedures to permit an aide to assist a fully qualified child care teacher in the…
   • § 1597.07 The department shall require of every licensee a written policy statement which shall include names and qualifications of all current employees, admission…
   • § 1597.08 All site visits shall be unannounced.
   • § 1597.09 (a) Each licensed child day care center shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department. The department shall inspect these facilities as often…
   • § 1597.091 (a) In addition to the visits required by Section 1597.09, the department shall annually make unannounced spot visits to 20 percent of all child day care…
   • § 1597.11 The department shall notify the State Department of Education when a child care or development facility licensed pursuant to this chapter is found to have…
   • § 1597.13 The department and any local agency with which it contracts for the licensing of day care centers shall grant or deny an application for license within 30 days…
   • § 1597.14 (a) Notwithstanding Section 1596.858, in the event of a sale of a licensed child day care center where the sale will result in a new license being issued, the…
   • § 1597.15 (a) The director shall authorize the University of California to conduct a pilot project pursuant to this section for a period not to extend 24 months beyond…
   • § 1597.16 (a) (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have…
   • § 1597.20 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a critical need to increase opportunities for children to engage in positive activities…
   • § 1597.21 The following requirements shall apply to schoolage day care centers: (a) The State Department of Social Services shall permit the substitution of 20 training…
   • § 1597.22 (a) When colocated with multifamily housing, the use of a daycare center shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right. (b) A local…