Children must be kept clean and comfortable at all times. Diapers must be changed when wet or soiled. The diaper changing area must be as close as possible to a sink with soap and hot and cold running water. This area or sink must not be used for food preparation. Diaper changing surfaces must be cleaned and disinfected after each use with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered product that has an EPA registration number on the label.

416.11(i)(10) · Corrected Sep 10, 2025

The required 30 hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person's first six months at the program.

416.14(c)(1) · Corrected Jun 18, 2025

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

416.4(b)(4) · Corrected Apr 21, 2025

The licensee must maintain on file a record of each shelter-in-place drill conducted, using forms provided by the Office or approved equivalents.

416.5(b)(5) · Corrected Apr 21, 2025

Each program must have on site a variety of supplies including food, water, first aid and other safety equipment to allow for the protection of the health and safety of children in the event parents are unable to pick up children due to a local disaster. The plan must take into account a child's needs for an overnight stay. Food supplies must be non-perishable and of sufficient quantity for all children for an overnight stay.

416.5(b)(7) · Corrected Apr 21, 2025

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.

416.6(a) · Corrected Apr 21, 2025

The health care plan must describe the following; how a daily health check of each child for any indication of illness, injury, abuse or maltreatment will be conducted and documented;

416.11(c)(2)(i) · Corrected Apr 21, 2025

The caregivers, employees and volunteers must be familiar with the regulations governing group family day care. Such regulations must be readily accessible to the caregivers for reference purposes and must be made available for review to a parent of a child in care upon request by a parent.

The emergency evacuation diagram must be posted in a visible location.

416.5(b)(2) · Corrected Sep 27, 2024

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.

416.7(e) · Corrected Mar 15, 2024

Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired.

416.3(h) · Corrected Feb 12, 2024