418-1.8(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 teacher's range of vision and that the teacher 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.

418-1.11(f)(17) · Medications must be kept in a clean area that is inaccessible to children.

Corrected Corrected by Dec 9, 2025

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

418-1.9(b) · The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

Corrected Corrected by Oct 14, 2025

Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.5(a) · Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 9, 2025

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

418-1.7(p) · Sleeping arrangements for infants through 12 months of age require that the infant be placed flat on his or her back to sleep, unless medical information from the child's health care provider is presented to the program by the parent that shows that arrangement is inappropriate for that child.

Corrected Corrected by Sep 9, 2025

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

418-1.15(b)(4) · The staff and volunteers must be in good health and be of good character and habits.

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

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

418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) · The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Category: transportation. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.8(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 teacher's range of vision and that the teacher 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 Aug 11, 2025

Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.8(b) · The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.9(a) · The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors.

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.9(b) · The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems.

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.9(d) · Behavior management must promote 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.

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.9(f) · Isolating a child in a closet, darkened area, or any area where the child cannot be seen and supervised by a teacher is prohibited.

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.9(j) · Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, 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, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like.

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Category: nutrition. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.10(a) · Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to Section 412 of the Social Services Law.

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.10(c) · In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff 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 such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner:

Corrected Corrected by Aug 11, 2025

Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.15(b)(11)(ii)(c) · fingerprint images necessary for the Office to conduct a criminal history review,

Corrected Corrected by Jun 9, 2025

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

418-1.11(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 May 14, 2024

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.11(b)(1)(ii) · Staff and volunteers 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.

Corrected Corrected by May 14, 2024

Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.15(c)(16) · The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: the napping agreement for each child in care;

Corrected Corrected by May 14, 2024

Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.

418-1.15(c)(11) · The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: personnel information including a list of all staff with job assignments and schedules; each staff and volunteer's final and, if applicable, provisional criminal history review and background check approval letter(s); staff resumes; medical statements; acceptable references and other information required by section 418-1.13 of this Subpart;

Corrected Corrected by Dec 15, 2023

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