California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 3.6 - Family Day Care Homes

  • Section 1597.30.
    The Legislature finds and declares:(a)  It has a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of children in family homes that provide day care. (b)...
  • Section 1597.36.
    The department shall provide written documentation to providers of the need for repairs, renovations, or additions when requested for an application for a loan guarantee...
  • Section 1597.40.
    (a)  It is the intent of the Legislature that family day care homes for children should be situated in normal residential surroundings so as to...
  • Section 1597.43.
    The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a)  Family day care homes operated under the standards of state law constitute accessory uses of residentially...
  • Section 1597.44.
    A small family day care home may provide care for more than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, if all...
  • Section 1597.45.
    All of the following shall apply to small family day care homes:(a)  The use of a single-family residence as a small family day care home...
  • Section 1597.46.
    All of the following shall apply to large family day care homes:(a) A city, county, or city and county shall not prohibit large family day care...
  • Section 1597.465.
    A large family day care home may provide care for more than 12 children and up to and including 14 children, if all of the...
  • Section 1597.467.
    (a)  Whenever any licensee under this chapter has reasonable cause to believe that a child in his or her care has suffered any injury or...
  • Section 1597.47.
    The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to preclude any city, county, or other local public entity from placing restrictions on building heights,...
  • Section 1597.52.
    (a)  Licensing reviews of a family day care home for children shall be limited to health and safety considerations and shall not include any reviews...
  • Section 1597.53.
    No family day care home for children shall be licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), but shall be subject to licensure exclusively in...
  • Section 1597.531.
    (a) All family day care homes for children shall maintain in force either liability insurance covering injury to clients and guests in the amount of at...
  • Section 1597.54.
    All family day care homes for children, shall apply for a license under this chapter, except that any home which on June 28, 1981, had...
  • Section 1597.541.
    (a)  The department shall adopt regulations regarding age-appropriate immunization requirements for enrolled children for family day care homes. (b)  All family day care homes for...
  • Section 1597.542.
    (a)  The Division of Child Care Licensing in the department shall clearly differentiate degrees of violations of the regulations adopted for purposes of this chapter...
  • Section 1597.543.
    Every family day care home for children shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter...
  • Section 1597.55a.
    Every family day care home shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department as provided in this section. The department shall inspect these facilities...
  • Section 1597.55b.
    No site visits, unannounced visits, or spot checks, shall be made under this chapter except as provided in this section.(a)  An announced site visit shall...
  • Section 1597.56.
    (a)  The department shall notify a family day care home in writing of all deficiencies in its compliance with this act and the rules and...
  • Section 1597.57.
    The department shall do all of the following:(a)  Develop and utilize one application form for all family day care homes for children requesting a new...
  • Section 1597.58.
    (a) In addition to the suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation of a license issued under this chapter, the department shall levy a civil penalty.(b) (1) The amount of...
  • Section 1597.59.
    The department and the local agencies with which it contracts for the licensing of family day care homes for children shall grant or deny a...
  • Section 1597.61.
    (a)  When the department determines that a family day care home for children is operating without a license and notifies the unlicensed provider of the...
  • Section 1597.62.
    (a)  The department may impose civil penalties of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) and not more than fifty dollars ($50) per day per violation...
  • Section 1597.621.
    Family day care homes that, on December 31, 1983, have a valid unexpired registration to operate as a family day care home for children pursuant...
  • Section 1597.622.
    (a) (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a family day care home if he or she has not been...

Last modified: October 22, 2018