416.15(c)(12) · The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection: a list of assistants and substitutes who are available and approved to care for the children in the group family day care home when the provider or assistant must be absent;

Corrected Corrected by Dec 4, 2025

Category: recordkeeping. 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.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(a) · The group family day care licensee must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the Office. This plan must include how the program will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems, and encourage acceptable behaviors.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(b) · The caregivers must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(d) · Discipline must promote positive self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his or her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(j) · Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Part, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, hot spices, irritants or the like.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(m) · Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.10(b) · In accordance with the provisions of sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, caregivers must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment or cause such a report to be made when the caregiver has reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as caregiver in a group family day care is an abused or maltreated child. Such report must be followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Open / not marked corrected.

416.12(ac) · A caregiver or volunteer must not force or bribe a child to eat nor use food as a reward or punishment.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: nutrition. Open / not marked corrected.

416.13(a)(3) · The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being;

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.

416.15(b)(4) · The caregivers, employees, volunteers and all members of the household must be in good health and be of good character and habits.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.

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.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(a) · The group family day care licensee must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the Office. This plan must include how the program will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems, and encourage acceptable behaviors.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(j) · Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Part, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, hot spices, irritants or the like.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(m) · Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.10(b) · In accordance with the provisions of sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, caregivers must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment or cause such a report to be made when the caregiver has reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as caregiver in a group family day care is an abused or maltreated child. Such report must be followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Open / not marked corrected.

416.12(ac) · A caregiver or volunteer must not force or bribe a child to eat nor use food as a reward or punishment.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: nutrition. Open / not marked corrected.

416.13(a)(3) · The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being;

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.

416.15(b)(4) · The caregivers, employees, volunteers and all members of the household must be in good health and be of good character and habits.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.

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.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(a) · The group family day care licensee must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the Office. This plan must include how the program will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems, and encourage acceptable behaviors.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(b) · The caregivers must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(d) · Discipline must promote positive self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his or her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(j) · Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Part, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, hot spices, irritants or the like.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Open / not marked corrected.

416.9(m) · Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

416.10(b) · In accordance with the provisions of sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, caregivers must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment or cause such a report to be made when the caregiver has reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as caregiver in a group family day care is an abused or maltreated child. Such report must be followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Open / not marked corrected.

416.11(i)(1) · Caregivers and volunteers must thoroughly wash their hands with soap and running water at the beginning of each day, before and after the administration of medications, when they are dirty, after toileting or assisting children with toileting, after changing a diaper, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors.

Corrected Corrected by Nov 17, 2025

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.11(i)(2) · Caregivers and volunteers must ensure that children thoroughly wash their hands or assist children with thoroughly washing their hands with soap and running water when they are dirty, after toileting, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors.

Corrected Corrected by Nov 17, 2025

Category: nutrition. Marked corrected in the state record.

416.12(ac) · A caregiver or volunteer must not force or bribe a child to eat nor use food as a reward or punishment.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: nutrition. Open / not marked corrected.

416.13(a)(3) · The provider, assistant(s), and substitutes must each meet the following qualifications: be capable of providing, and agree to provide, safe and suitable care to children which is supportive of the children's physical, intellectual, emotional and social well-being;

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.

416.15(b)(4) · The caregivers, employees, volunteers and all members of the household must be in good health and be of good character and habits.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.

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 Mar 25, 2025

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 Feb 7, 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 Feb 7, 2024

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 Feb 7, 2024

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.