413.4(a) · The following criminal history review and background clearances shall be conducted pursuant to and consistent with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for any prospective operator, director, employee or volunteer at a child day care center, small day care center, school-age child care program, group family day care home or family day care home, as defined in section (2) of this part, and any person age eighteen (18) or older living in a prospective, or who begins to live, in a group family day care home or family day care home:

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

413.4(a)(1) · a criminal history record check with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services;

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

413.4(a)(2) · a national criminal record check with the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

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Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

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

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Marked corrected in the state record.

413.4(a)(4) · a database check of the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment in accordance with section four hundred twenty-four-a of the Social Services Law.

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Marked corrected in the state record.

417.3(a)(1) · Child care can only be provided in the areas of the family day care home that have been included in the diagram and approved as child care space.

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Marked corrected in the state record.

417.5(l)(3) · All required vaccinations must be kept current.

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Marked corrected in the state record.

417.7(j) · Children may not sleep or nap in car seats, baby swings, strollers, infant seats or bouncy seats. Should a child fall asleep in one of these devices, he or she must be moved to a crib/cot or other approved sleeping surface.

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

417.7(l) · Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 417.8 of this Part.

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Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

417.7(n) · Cribs, bassinets and other sleeping areas for infants through 12 months of age must include an appropriately sized fitted sheet, and must not have bumper pads, toys, stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, wedges or infant positioners. Wedges or infant positioners will be permitted with medical documentation from the child's health care provider.

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Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

417.8(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 417.8(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.

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Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

417.11(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.

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Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

417.11(a)(2) · The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional compentencies that the caregivers will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child.

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

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

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

417.11(b)(1)(ii) · 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: before such person has any involvement in child care work.

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Marked corrected in the state record.

417.11(c)(2)(x) · guidelines and procedures to be followed for the prevention of anaphylaxis and during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis that comply with the anaphylactic policy for child day care providers jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health; and

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

417.11(h)(1) · The caregivers must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must:

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

417.11(h)(1)(i) · The caregivers must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and 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;

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

417.12(n) · The program must obtain a written statement, from the parent of each infant in care, setting forth the breast milk, formula and feeding schedule instructions for the infant and must be updated as changes are made.

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Category: nutrition. Marked corrected in the state record.

417.15(b)(20) · No person other than a caregiver may have unsupervised contact with a child in care at the program.

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Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.