Hyjek, Genette

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.

Rule 416.11(a)(1).

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

Rule 416.11(a)(3).

Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired.

Rule 416.3(h).

Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

Rule 416.4(a).

Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

Rule 416.5(a).

Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired.

Rule 416.3(h).

Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard.

Rule 416.4(a).

All paths of egress on the interior and exterior of the home, including corridors, aisles and approaches must be kept free of obstructions, impediments and debris at all times.

Rule 416.4(h)(4).

Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

Rule 416.5(a).

Barriers must exist to prevent children from gaining access to any swimming pool, drainage ditches, wells, ponds or other bodies of open water located on or adjacent to the property where the day care program is located. Such barriers must be of adequate height and appropriately secured to prevent children from gaining access to such areas.

Rule 416.5(f)(1).

Materials and play equipment used by the children must be sturdy and free from rough edges and sharp corners.

Rule 416.5(n)(1).

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 care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional competencies that the caregivers will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child.

Rule 416.11(a)(2).

Each applicant must complete the Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements or three-month orientation period training requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Individuals who have completed Office approved training that complies with federal health and safety requirements may be left unsupervised with children. Any teacher, director, or volunteer who does not complete this training must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such times as the training has been completed.

Rule 416.14(b)(1).

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;

Rule 416.15(c)(5). From a complaint.

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;

Rule 416.15(c)(6). From a complaint.

Child care can only be provided in the areas of the group family day care home that have been included in the diagram and approved as child care space.

Rule 416.3(a)(1). From a complaint.

Only approved caregivers may be left unsupervised with day care children.

Rule 416.8(d). From a complaint.

When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance.

Rule 416.8(j)(3). From a complaint.

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.

Rule 416.9(d). From a complaint.

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;

Rule 416.15(c)(13). From a complaint.

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;

Rule 416.15(c)(5). From a complaint.

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;

Rule 416.15(c)(6). From a complaint.

When care is provided for children under the age of two years, there must be at least one caregiver present for every two children under the age of two years in attendance.

Rule 416.8(j)(3). From a complaint.

Smoking in indoor or outdoor areas in use by children and in vehicles when children are occupying the vehicles is prohibited.

Rule 416.11(b)(11). From a complaint.

The caregivers, employees, volunteers and all members of the household must be in good health and be of good character and habits.

Rule 416.15(b)(4). From a complaint.

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.

Rule 416.10(b). From a complaint.

In hiring caregivers subsequent to issuance of a license, a program: must ensure that a medical statement has been submitted before the person has any involvement with children in care, as required in section 416.11 of this Part;

Rule 416.15(b)(11)(iii). From a complaint.

The caregiver 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 a caregiver: serious incident,

Rule 416.15(b)(14)(ii). From a complaint.

Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

Rule 416.5(a). From a complaint.