Daycare Regulations vary from state to state regarding such things as maximum number of children, maximum number of each age for the children, and training required. Providers that are non-regulated (not licensed or registered) because they are exempt are not illegal. Those who are required to be licensed or registered and do not comply are illegal.
Excerpts from New York Day Care Regulations, current as of September 19, 2007. Family Day Care Homes (1/31/2005).
(a) Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard. (b) Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the family day care home. If evening and/or night care is provided, such drills must be conducted monthly during each shift of care. The provider must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted using forms provided by the Office or approved equivalents. (c) Operating smoke detectors must be used in all family day care homes. There must be one smoke detector on each floor of the home. A smoke detector must be located outside each area used for naps. Where smoke detectors operate from electric power within the home, such detectors must have a battery powered back-up energy source, or battery powered smoke detectors must be used as a back-up system. (d) Multi-purpose fire extinguishers of a type approved for use in residences must be maintained in good working condition and placed in the kitchen and outside the furnace room. A family day care provider located in a multiple family dwelling is not required to place or maintain a fire extinguisher outside the furnace room of such dwelling. The caregivers must know how to use the fire extinguishers placed in such home. Fire extinguishers with gauges must show a full charge. Fire extinguishers with seals must have unbroken seals. (e) Children must be located on the same floor of the family day care home as a caregiver at all times, except as specified in section 417.8 of this Part. Children must not be located above the second floor of a single family dwelling. (f) Children may be cared for only on such floors as are provided with readily accessible alternate means of egress which are remote from each other. (1) When care is provided primarily on the first floor of a family day care home and the second floor is used on a limited basis, including for napping purposes, one means of egress from the second floor must be either an interior stairway with no intervening rooms or obstructions which leads to an exterior door at ground level, or an exterior stairway which leads directly to the ground. The second means of egress may be a window which is at least 24 inches in its smallest dimension and which is adequate for the safe evacuation of children and adults.
Kentucky Day Care Centers Licensing and regulatory agencies.
Child Care Licensing Agency Kentucky Office of Inspector General Cabinet for Health and Family Services Division of Regulated Child Care 275 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40621 Phone: (502) 564-7962 Fax: (502) 564-9350
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Canada. Northwest Territories. Maximum number of children permitted in unregulated care:4, including the care giver's children under 12. The province individually licenses regulated caregivers. Maximum capacity in regulated care: 8, under 12 years, including the caregiver's own children. No more than 6 of the 8 children may be under 5 years, no more than 3 may be under 3 years, and no more than 2 may be under 2 years. Provider qualification requirements: Must be at least 19 years and have a first-aid certificate. Licensing, monitoring and enforcement: Homes are visited at least once a year by a program officer from the Child Day Care Section and representative from each of the Public Health Department and the Fire Marshall's office. Start-up and operating funding: One-time start up grants are available to family day care homes, starting at $188/space. Operating grants of $1.25 - $14.25/occupied space/day, depending on the age of the child and the location of the program. Source: Childcare Resource and Research Unit (2000) Child Care in Canada 1998: Provinces and Territories, Toronto.
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