CHAPTER 3.6. Family Day Care Homes [1597.30. - 1597.63.]

Heading of Chapter 3.6 amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1615, Sec. 10.5.

§§ 1597.30–1597.63 · 30 sections

§ 1597.30 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Legislature has a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of children in family homes…
§ 1597.36 The department shall provide written documentation to providers of the need for repairs, renovations, or additions when requested for an application for a loan…
§ 1597.40 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that family daycare homes for children should be situated in normal residential surroundings so as to give children the…
§ 1597.41 (a) Every provision in a written instrument relating to real property that purports to restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, leasing, or mortgaging of the real…
§ 1597.42 The use of a home as a family daycare home, operated under the standards of state law, in a residentially zoned area shall be considered a residential use of…
§ 1597.43 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Family day care homes operated under the standards of state law constitute accessory uses of…
§ 1597.44 A small family day care home may provide care for more than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, if all of the following…
§ 1597.45 (a) The use of a home as a small or large family daycare home shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right for the purposes of all…
§ 1597.455 (a) A small family daycare home shall not be subject to Article 1 (commencing with Section 13100) or Article 2 (commencing with Section 13140) of Chapter 1 of…
§ 1597.46 (a) A large family daycare home shall abide by all standards, in addition to the requirements of the State Uniform Building Standards Code, that are…
§ 1597.465 A large family day care home may provide care for more than 12 children and up to and including 14 children, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) At…
§ 1597.467 (a) Whenever any licensee under this chapter has reasonable cause to believe that a child in his or her care has suffered any injury or has been subjected to…
§ 1597.52 (a) Licensing reviews of a family day care home for children shall be limited to health and safety considerations and shall not include any reviews of the…
§ 1597.53 No family day care home for children shall be licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), but shall be subject to licensure exclusively in…
§ 1597.531 (a) All family day care homes for children shall maintain in force either liability insurance covering injury to clients and guests in the amount of at least…
§ 1597.54 (a) All family daycare homes for children, shall apply for a license under this chapter, except that any home that, on June 28, 1981, had a valid and unexpired…
§ 1597.541 (a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding age-appropriate immunization requirements for enrolled children for family day care homes. (b) All family…
§ 1597.542 (a) The Division of Child Care Licensing in the department shall clearly differentiate degrees of violations of the regulations adopted for purposes of this…
§ 1597.543 (a) The State Fire Marshal shall update the building and fire standards necessary to implement the sections of this chapter relating to life and fire safety,…
§ 1597.55a (a) Every family day care home shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department, as provided in this section. The department shall inspect these…
§ 1597.55b No site visits, unannounced visits, or spot checks, shall be made under this chapter except as provided in this section. (a) An announced site visit shall be…
§ 1597.56 (a) The department shall notify a family day care home in writing of all deficiencies in its compliance with this act and the rules and regulations adopted…
§ 1597.57 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Develop and utilize one application form for all family day care homes for children requesting a new license.…
§ 1597.58 (a) In addition to the suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation of a license issued under this chapter, the department shall levy a civil penalty. (b)…
§ 1597.59 The department and the local agencies with which it contracts for the licensing of family day care homes for children shall grant or deny a license to a family…
§ 1597.61 (a) When the department determines that a family day care home for children is operating without a license and notifies the unlicensed provider of the…
§ 1597.62 (a) The department may impose civil penalties of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and not more than fifty dollars ($50) per day per violation for…
§ 1597.621 Family day care homes that, on December 31, 1983, have a valid unexpired registration to operate as a family day care home for children pursuant to Section…
§ 1597.622 (a) (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a family day care home if he or she has not been immunized against…
§ 1597.63 (a) A family daycare home licensee shall be present in the home and shall ensure that children in care are provided care and supervision during all hours of…