California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2 - Administration of Child Day Care Licensing

Section 1596.80.
No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a child day care facility in this state without a current...
Section 1596.803.
(a) (1) An application fee adjusted by facility and capacity shall be charged by the department for the issuance of a license to operate a child day...
Section 1596.805.
No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall provide specialized services within a child day care facility in this state without first obtaining a special...
Section 1596.806.
(a) A room used as a classroom by a schoolage child care program shall not be required to meet the square footage or toilet requirements...
Section 1596.807.
The State Department of Social Services, shall allow an extended day care program, whether or not exempt from licensure pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section...
Section 1596.808.
(a) Commencing January 1, 2012, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a licensed child day care facility shall comply with all of the following...
Section 1596.809.
A prospective applicant for licensure shall be notified at the time of the initial request for information regarding application for licensure that, prior to obtaining...
Section 1596.81.
(a) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title...
Section 1596.813.
The department shall adopt regulations regarding immunization requirements for children enrolled in family day care homes in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 120325)...
Section 1596.815.
The department shall, on or before December 31, 1991, review all child care regulations of the department with respect to clarifying or eliminating vagueness and...
Section 1596.816.
(a) The Community Care Licensing Division of the department shall regulate child care licensees through an organizational unit that is separate from that used to regulate...
Section 1596.817.
(a) When the department conducts a site visit of a licensed child day care facility, the department shall post on, or immediately adjacent to, the...
Section 1596.818.
(a) The department shall specify in its licensing report all violations that, if not corrected, will have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety,...
Section 1596.819.
(a) Except as otherwise prohibited by law, the department shall post licensing information on its Internet Web site as follows:(1) For each child day care facility as...
Section 1596.82.
The department may contract for state, county, or other public agencies to assume specified licensing, approval, or consultation responsibilities. If an agency also provides licensing,...
Section 1596.83.
An applicant or licensee shall file his or her mailing address, in writing, with the department and, shall notify the department, in writing, of any...
Section 1596.84.
The department may issue provisional licenses to operate day care facilities which the director determines are in substantial compliance with the provisions of the licensure...
Section 1596.841.
Each child day care facility shall maintain a current roster of children who are provided care in the facility. The roster shall include the name,...
Section 1596.842.
Following approval by the department of a list of provider rights, the Community Care Licensing Division shall print and distribute in person, to individuals or...
Section 1596.843.
(a) Whenever a facility visit and a complaint investigation are conducted at the same time by the department, a separate licensing report shall be used...
Section 1596.844.
The department shall acknowledge in writing within 10 days of receipt, the request of a licensee to review notices of deficiency or penalty, or both.(Added...
Section 1596.845.
Prior to the issuance of a new license or special permit pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), or Chapter 3.6 (commencing...
Section 1596.846.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The American Academy of Pediatrics, after reviewing the data from all the studies, concluded...
Section 1596.847.
(a) A child day care facility shall not use or have on the premises, on or after July 1, 1998, a full-size or non-full-size crib that...
Section 1596.85.
No license or special permit issued pursuant to Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 15967.90) and 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) shall have any property value...
Section 1596.851.
(a) (1) If an application for a license or special permit indicates, or the department determines during the application review process, that the applicant previously...
Section 1596.852.
Any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department may, upon presentation of proper identification, enter and inspect any place providing personal care, supervision,...
Section 1596.853.
(a) Any person may request an inspection of any child day care facility in accordance with the California Child Day Care Facilities Act by transmitting to...
Section 1596.8535.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall conduct any authorized inspection, announced site visit, or unannounced site visit of any child daycare...
Section 1596.854.
The withdrawal of an application for a license or a special permit after it has been filed with the department shall not, unless the department...
Section 1596.855.
(a) Upon attendance at an orientation meeting, as described in Section 1596.845, an applicant shall be provided, without charge, a printed copy of all applicable...
Section 1596.8555.
A licensed child day care facility shall post its license in a prominent, publicly accessible location in the facility. A family day care home shall...
Section 1596.856.
If the department finds that the applicant is not in compliance with this act or the regulations promulgated under this act, the department shall deny...
Section 1596.857.
(a) Upon presentation of identification, the responsible parent or guardian of a child receiving services in a child day care facility has the right to enter...
Section 1596.858.
A license shall be forfeited by operation of law prior to its expiration date when any one of the following occurs:(a) The licensee sells or...
Section 1596.859.
(a) (1) Each licensed child day care facility shall make accessible to the public a copy of any licensing report or other public licensing document pertaining...
Section 1596.8595.
(a) (1) Each licensed child day care facility shall post a copy of any licensing report pertaining to the facility that documents either a facility inspection or...
Section 1596.86.
(a) The director shall annually publish and make available to interested persons a list or lists covering all licensed child day care facilities, other than...
Section 1596.861.
(a) Each child day care facility licensed under this chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), or Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) shall reveal...
Section 1596.862.
(a) The department may approve or deny a written request for enrollment or retention of a nonminor student at a schoolage child care center. The department...
Section 1596.865.
It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage any person who provides child care in a child day care facility licensed pursuant to this...
Section 1596.866.
(a) (1) In addition to other required training, at least one director or teacher at each day care center, and each family day care home licensee who...
Section 1596.8661.
(a) For purposes of the training required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 1596.798, pediatric first aid training pursuant to Section 1596.866 shall...
Section 1596.8662.
(a) The department shall do all of the following:(1) Make information available to all licensed child day care providers, administrators, and employees of licensed child day care...
Section 1596.867.
(a) All child day care facilities, as defined in Section 1596.750, shall include an Earthquake Preparedness Checklist as an attachment to the disaster plan prescribed by...
Section 1596.869.
Directors of combination child day care facilities shall be included in the teacher-child ratio during periods when they are actively supervising children and on the...
Section 1596.87.
The department shall institute a staff development and training program within the organizational structure to develop among staff the knowledge, understanding of children and child...
Section 1596.871.
The Legislature recognizes the need to generate timely and accurate positive fingerprint identification of applicants as a condition of issuing licenses, permits, or certificates of...
Section 1596.8712.
(a) (1) Whenever an individual is excluded by the department from a licensed family day care home, the department shall prepare and provide to the...
Section 1596.8713.
(a) The Department of Justice may charge a fee sufficient to cover its costs in providing services in accordance with Section 1596.871 to comply with...
Section 1596.8714.
On or before March 1, 2000, the State Department of Social Services shall convene a workgroup to review current criminal background check requirements and processes...
Section 1596.8715.
If a licensee or facility is required by law to deny employment or to terminate employment of any employee based on written notification from the...
Section 1596.8716.
(a) For licensing purposes, employees of a child care and development program operated by a school district, county office of education, or community college under...
Section 1596.872a.
(a) The department may establish a child care advocate program. Each regional office, as well as the central office of the department, may have an...
Section 1596.872b.
(a) The department may establish a child care advocate program. This program may have one child care advocate for each licensing district regional office providing...
Section 1596.873.
The advisory committee established pursuant to Section 8286 of the Education Code shall perform all of the following functions with regard to this act:(a) Assist...
Section 1596.874.
(a) The State Department of Social Services shall furnish each licensed child day care facility with a notice that shall be posted at the facility...
Section 1596.875.
To assure compliance with this act, the department shall:(a) Conduct ongoing in-service programs for licensing staff in cooperation with other public entities and local associations....
Section 1596.876.
In any case in which a child day care facility releases a minor to a peace officer pursuant to Section 305 of the Welfare and...
Section 1596.877.
(a) Prior to granting a license to, or otherwise approving, any family day care home, the department shall check the child abuse and neglect complaint...
Section 1596.878.
The department shall establish, administer, and monitor programs which license child day care facilities consistent with the provisions of this act.(Added by renumbering Section 1596.871...
Section 1596.879.
Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit, the department shall notify the applicant in writing. Within 15...

Last modified: October 22, 2018