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 Sep 29, 2025

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.4(b)(4) · The licensee must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms provided by the Office or approved equivalents.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.5(b)(4) · Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Marked corrected in the state record.

416.5(f)(2) · Barriers must exist to prevent children from gaining access to unsafe, dangerous or hazardous areas or devices. Such areas and devices include, but are not limited to, holes, pits, wood, pellet and coal burning stoves, fireplaces and permanently installed gas space heaters.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

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

416.5(s)(2) · Every bathroom door lock must be designed to permit opening of the locked door from the outside in an emergency. The opening device must be readily accessible.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

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

416.5(y) · All window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards must be secured and inaccessible to children.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 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 Sep 29, 2025

Category: transportation. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.7(e) · Each group family day care home must provide a sufficient quantity and variety of materials and play equipment appropriate to the ages of the children and their developmental levels and interests, including children with developmental delays or disabilities, which promote the children's cognitive, educational, social, cultural, physical, emotional, language and recreational development.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

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

416.7(u) · If television or other electronic visual media is used, it must be part of a planned developmentally appropriate program with an educational, social, physical or other learning objective that includes identified goals and objectives. Television and other electronic visual media must not be used solely to occupy time.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Marked corrected in the state record.

416.11(a)(1) · No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.11(a)(3) · The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: health medication. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.11(c)(1) · The Licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all caregivers and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: health medication. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.11(h)(1)(i) · The caregivers also must: obtain written consent at the time of admission from the parent which authorizes the provider or other caregivers to obtain emergency health care for the child;

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

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

416.14(m) · All child care programs must have at least one caregiver who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the child care program during the program's operating hours.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

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

416.15(c)(3) · The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection the name, address, gender, and date of birth of each child and each child's parents names, addresses, telephone numbers and place(s) at which parents or other persons responsible for the child can be reached in case of an emergency;

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.15(c)(4) · The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection the names and addresses of persons authorized to take the child(ren) from the group family day care home;

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.15(c)(5) · The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection daily attendance records that are filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times;

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.15(c)(6) · The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by caregivers; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.15(c)(13) · The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: a daily schedule documenting the arrival and departure times of each caregiver, employees and volunteers;

Corrected Corrected by Sep 29, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.2(d)(3) · Applicants for renewal of a license must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the license the following: certification, on forms provided by the Office, that the applicant is in compliance with workers compensation requirements of New York State law;

Corrected Corrected by Mar 6, 2025

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.2(d)(4) · Applicants for renewal of a license must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the license the following: certification, on forms provided by the Office, that the dwelling, its property and premises, and the surrounding neighborhood and environment are free from environmental hazards. Where the historical or current use of the dwelling, its property and premises, or the surrounding neighborhood indicate that an environmental hazard may be present, inspection or testing must be completed by the appropriate local official or authority to determine if such hazard exists. Documentation of the inspection or testing must be appended to the statement required by this paragraph and include a statement from the appropriate local official or authority following this inspection and/or testing that the dwelling, its property and premises, and the surrounding neighborhood, meet applicable standards for sanitation and safety. Such hazards include but are not limited to, dry cleaners, gas stations, nuclear laboratories or power plants, property designated as a federal superfund clean-up site, and any property with known contaminated ground or water supplies;

Corrected Corrected by Mar 6, 2025

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.2(d)(6) · Applicants for renewal of a license must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the license the following: a report of inspection and approval performed by local authorities or an inspector qualified to approve fuel burning systems, within the 12 months preceding the date of application for renewal of any wood or coal burning stove, fireplace, pellet stoves, or permanently installed gas space heater in use at the home;

Corrected Corrected by Mar 6, 2025

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.5(f)(2) · Barriers must exist to prevent children from gaining access to unsafe, dangerous or hazardous areas or devices. Such areas and devices include, but are not limited to, holes, pits, wood, pellet and coal burning stoves, fireplaces and permanently installed gas space heaters.

Corrected Corrected by Jan 15, 2025

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

416.5(q) · Windows above the first floor, other than those identified for emergency evacuation, that are accessible to children and which present a fall hazard must be protected by permanent barriers or restrictive locking devices which prevent a window from opening fully and prevent children from falling out of the windows.

Corrected Corrected by Jan 15, 2025

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