416.5(c) · Portable electric heaters or other portable heating devices, regardless of the type of fuel used, may not be used in rooms accessible to the children.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 9, 2025

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.5(l)(3) · All required vaccinations must be kept current for all animals present at the program.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 9, 2025

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.6(a) · The Licensee must obtain written consent on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents from the parent of the child for any transportation of the children in care at the group family day care home provided or arranged for by a caregiver.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 9, 2025

Category: transportation. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.8(a) · Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age, emotional, physical and cognitive development.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 9, 2025

Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.8(j)(3) · When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 9, 2025

Marked corrected in the state record.

416.14(b) · Before the Office issues an initial license, the applicant must complete a health and safety training course approved by the Office relating to the protection of the health and safety of children and must demonstrate basic competency with regard to health and safety standards. Such training must comply with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements. Health and safety training received prior to issuance of the license, may be applied to the initial fifteen (15) hours of training required pursuant to section 416.14(c)(1) of this Part provided that such training was received within twelve (12) months of licensure. If an applicant does not become licensed or registered within two years of successfully completing the health and safety training, the coursework must be repeated.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 9, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.15(c)(18) · The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: the napping agreement for each child in care;

Corrected Corrected by Dec 9, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.2(a)(8)(i) · Applicants for a license must submit to the Office: the Statewide Central Register Database Check forms necessary to complete required screening by the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment to determine if the provider, employees, volunteers, and any person 18 years of age or older who lives in the prospective group family day care home is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment;

Corrected Corrected by Jan 22, 2025

Marked corrected in the state record.

413.4(a)(3) · a search of the New York State Sex Offender Registry; and

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Marked corrected in the state record.

413.4(c)(3) · a search of the state-based child abuse or neglect repository of any state other than New York where such person lives or lived during the preceding five years.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Marked corrected in the state record.

416.4(b)(1) · Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.4(f) · Multi-purpose fire extinguishers of a type approved for use in residences must be maintained in good working condition and placed in the kitchen and outside the furnace room. A group family day care program located in a multiple family dwelling is not required to place or maintain a fire extinguisher outside the furnace room of such dwelling. The caregivers must know how to use the fire extinguishers placed in such home. Fire extinguishers with gauges must show a full charge. Fire extinguishers with seals must have unbroken seals.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.5(d) · Radiators and pipes located in rooms occupied by children must be covered to protect the children from injury when the heating system is in use.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Marked corrected in the state record.

416.5(l)(4) · The license and record of vaccinations must be available to the Office when requested for all animals present at the program.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.5(r) · An operable flashlight or battery powered lantern must be kept in the child care area. Such equipment must be properly maintained for use in the event of a power failure.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.11(b)(1) · The provider, assistant(s), and substitute(s), must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider:

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Marked corrected in the state record.

416.11(b)(6) · The initial medical statement for providers, assistants, and substitutes must include the results of a Mantoux tuberculin test or other federally approved tuberculin test performed within the 12 months preceding the date of the application. Thereafter, tuberculin tests are only required at the discretion of the employee's health care provider or at the start of new employment in a different child care program.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Marked corrected in the state record.

416.13(a)(2) · The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: have a minimum of either two (2) years of experience caring for children under six years of age, or one (1) year of experience caring for children under six years of age plus six hours of training or education in early childhood development. The phrase "experience caring for children" can mean child-rearing as well as paid and unpaid experience caring for children. The term "training" can mean educational workshops and courses in caring for preschool-age children;

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.13(a)(4) · The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: provide to the Office the names, addresses and daytime telephone numbers of at least two acceptable references, other than relatives. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the employment history, work record and qualifications, if the person had ever been employed outside the home. At least one of the references must be able to attest to the character, habits and personal qualifications to be a group family day care provider, assistant, or substitute; and

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.13(b) · All child day care providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a group family day care home are required to comply with the criminal history review provisions of this Part and Part 413 of this Title.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: background checks. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.13(g) · After completion of required inquiries to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment as provided for in this section and all other criminal history review and background clearances as provided for in section 413.4 of this Title, the Office shall notify the applicant and program whether the applicant is authorized or unauthorized to care for children based on the outcome of such inquiries.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: background checks. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b) · the forms necessary to check the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law,

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Marked corrected in the state record.

416.15(b)(11)(ii)(c) · fingerprint images necessary for the Office to conduct a criminal history review,

Corrected Corrected by Dec 16, 2024

Category: background checks. Marked corrected in the state record.