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1596.70-1596.799

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 1596.70-1596.799

1596.70.  This chapter and Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section
1596.90) and 3.6 (commencing with 1597.30) may be cited as the
California Child Day Care Facilities Act.



1596.71.  This chapter applies to Chapters 3.5 (commencing with
Section 1596.90) and 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30). This
chapter also applies to Chapter 3.65 (commencing with Section
1597.70).


1596.72.  The Legislature finds all of the following:
   (a) That child day care facilities can contribute positively to a
child's emotional, cognitive, and educational development.
   (b) That it is the intent of this state to provide a
comprehensive, quality system for licensing child day care facilities
to ensure a quality day care environment.
   (c) That this system of licensure requires a special understanding
of the unique characteristics and needs of the children served by
child day care facilities.
   (d) That it is the intent of the Legislature to establish within
the State Department of Social Services an organizational structure
to separate licensing of child day care facilities from those
facility types administered under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
1500).
   (e) That good quality child day care services are an essential
service for working parents.



1596.73.  The purposes of this act are to:
   (a) Streamline the administration of child care licensing and
thereby increase the efficiency and effectiveness of this system.
   (b) Encourage the development of licensing staff with knowledge
and understanding of children and child care needs.
   (c) Provide providers of child care with technical assistance
about licensing requirements.
   (d) Enhance consumer awareness of licensing requirements and the
benefits of licensed child care.
   (e) Recognize that affordable, quality licensed child care is
critical to the well-being of parents and children in this state.



1596.74.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions
contained in this chapter govern the construction of this chapter and
Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90) and 3.6 (commencing
with Section 1597.30).


1596.75.  "Child" means a person who is under 18 years of age who is
being provided care and supervision in a child day care facility,
except where otherwise specified in this act.



1596.750.  "Child day care facility" means a facility that provides
nonmedical care to children under 18 years of age in need of personal
services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the
activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on
less than a 24-hour basis. Child day care facility includes day care
centers, employer-sponsored child care centers, and family day care
homes.



1596.76.  "Day care center" means any child day care facility other
than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools,
extended day care facilities, and schoolage child care centers.



1596.77.  "Department" means the State Department of Social
Services.


1596.770.  "Director" means the Director of Social Services.



1596.771.  "Employer-sponsored child care center" means any child
day care facility at the employer's site of business operated
directly or through a provider contract by any person or entity
having one or more employees, and available exclusively for the care
of children of that employer, and of the officers, managers, and
employees of that employer.



1596.773.  (a) "Probation" means the period of time that a licensed
child day care facility is required to comply with specific terms and
conditions set forth by the department in order to stay or postpone
the revocation of the facility's license.
   (b) "Revocation" means an administrative action taken by the
department to void or rescind the license of a child day care
facility because of serious or chronic violations of licensing laws
or regulations by the facility.


1596.775.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) There is a severe shortage of child care for schoolage
children throughout California, with many schoolage children going
home to an empty, unsupervised setting after school.
   (b) For nearly five years several counties have participated in a
pilot program that allows for a family day care home to care for two
additional children above the current number allowed pursuant to
licensing regulations.
   (c) As part of the pilot program, a study was conducted by the
Assembly Office of Research. The results of the study demonstrated
that the pilot program achieved all of the following results:
   (1) Increased access to care for schoolage children.
   (2) Participating providers encountered few problems and strongly
support expansion of the program.
   (3) Parents of children in the pilot program family day care homes
strongly support the program.
   (4) Participating providers with additional children were no more
likely to receive substantiated complaints from licensing officials
than nonparticipants.
   (5) Local governments and planning officials saw little or no
impact on their licensing policies and procedures.
   (6) Overall quality of care was not adversely affected.



1596.78.  (a) "Family day care home" means a home that regularly
provides care, protection, and supervision for 14 or fewer children,
in the provider's own home, for periods of less than 24 hours per
day, while the parents or guardians are away, and is either a large
family day care home or a small family day care home.
   (b) "Large family day care home" means a home that provides family
day care for 7 to 14 children, inclusive, including children under
the age of 10 years who reside at the home, as set forth in Section
1597.465 and as defined in regulations.
   (c) "Small family day care home" means a home that provides family
day care for eight or fewer children, including children under the
age of 10 years who reside at the home, as set forth in Section
1597.44 and as defined in regulations.



1596.79.  "Person" means an individual, partnership, association,
corporation, limited liability company, or governmental entity, such
as the state, a county, city, special district, school district,
community college district, chartered city, or chartered city and
county.



1596.790.  "Planning agency" means the agency designated pursuant to
Section 65100 of the Government Code.



1596.791.  "Provider" means a person who operates a child day care
facility and is licensed pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 1596.90) or 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30).



1596.792.  This chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
1596.90), and Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) do not
apply to any of the following:
   (a) Any health facility, as defined by Section 1250.
   (b) Any clinic, as defined by Section 1202.
   (c) Any community care facility, as defined by Section 1502.
   (d) Any family day care home providing care for the children of
only one family in addition to the operator's own children.
   (e) Any cooperative arrangement between parents for the care of
their children when no payment is involved and the arrangement meets
all of the following conditions:
   (1) In a cooperative arrangement, parents shall combine their
efforts so that each parent, or set of parents, rotates as the
responsible caregiver with respect to all the children in the
cooperative.
   (2) Any person caring for children shall be a parent, legal
guardian, stepparent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or adult sibling of
at least one of the children in the cooperative.
   (3) There can be no payment of money or receipt of in-kind income
in exchange for the provision of care. This does not prohibit in-kind
contributions of snacks, games, toys, blankets for napping, pillows,
and other materials parents deem appropriate for their children. It
is not the intent of this paragraph to prohibit payment for outside
activities, the amount of which may not exceed the actual cost of the
activity.
   (4) No more than 12 children are receiving care in the same place
at the same time.
   (f) Any arrangement for the receiving and care of children by a
relative.
   (g) Any public recreation program. "Public recreation program"
means a program operated by the state, city, county, special
district, school district, community college district, chartered
city, or chartered city and county that meets either of the following
criteria:
   (1) The program is operated only during hours other than normal
school hours for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in the
public school district where the program is located, or operated only
during periods when students in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, are normally not in session in the public school district
where the program is located, for either of the following periods:
   (A) For under 16 hours per week.
   (B) For a total of 12 weeks or less during a 12-month period. This
total applies to any 12 weeks within any 12-month period, without
regard to whether the weeks are consecutive.
   In determining "normal school hours" or periods when students are
"normally not in session," the State Department of Social Services
shall, when appropriate, consider the normal school hours or periods
when students are normally not in session for students attending a
year-round school.
   (2) The program is provided to children who are over the age of
four years and nine months and not yet enrolled in school and the
program is operated during either of the following periods:
   (A) For under 16 hours per week.
   (B) For a total of 12 weeks or less during a 12-month period. This
total applies to any 12 weeks within any 12-month period, without
regard to whether the weeks are consecutive.
   (3) The program is provided to children under the age of four
years and nine months with sessions that run 12 hours per week or
less and are 12 weeks or less in duration. A program subject to this
paragraph may permit children to be enrolled in consecutive sessions
throughout the year. However, the program shall not permit children
to be enrolled in a combination of sessions that total more than 12
hours per week for each child.
   (h) Extended day care programs operated by public or private
schools.
   (i) Any school parenting program or adult education child care
program that satisfies both of the following:
   (1) Is operated by a public school district or operated by an
individual or organization pursuant to a contract with a public
school district.
   (2) Is not operated by an organization specified in Section
1596.793.
   (j) Any child day care program that operates only one day per week
for no more than four hours on that one day.
   (k) Any child day care program that offers temporary child care
services to parents and that satisfies both of the following:
   (1) The services are only provided to parents and guardians who
are on the same premises as the site of the child day care program.
   (2) The child day care program is not operated on the site of a
ski facility, shopping mall, department store, or any other similar
site identified by the department by regulation.
   (l) Any program that provides activities for children of an
instructional nature in a classroom-like setting and satisfies both
of the following:
   (1) Is operated only during periods of the year when students in
kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, are normally not in
session in the public school district where the program is located
due to regularly scheduled vacations.
   (2) Offers any number of sessions during the period specified in
paragraph (1) that when added together do not exceed a total of 30
days when only schoolage children are enrolled in the program or 15
days when children younger than schoolage are enrolled in the
program.
   (m) A program facility administered by the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation that (1) houses both women and their
children, and (2) is specifically designated for the purpose of
providing substance abuse treatment and maintaining and strengthening
the family unit pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3410)
of Title 2 of Part 3 of the Penal Code, or Chapter 4.8 (commencing
with Section 1174) of Title 7 of Part 2 of that code.
   (n) Any crisis nursery, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section
1516.
   (o) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.


1596.792.  This chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
1596.90), and Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) do not
apply to any of the following:
   (a) Any health facility, as defined by Section 1250.
   (b) Any clinic, as defined by Section 1202.
   (c) Any community care facility, as defined by Section 1502.
   (d) Any family day care home providing care for the children of
only one family in addition to the operator's own children.
   (e) Any cooperative arrangement between parents for the care of
their children when no payment is involved and the arrangement meets
all of the following conditions:
   (1) In a cooperative arrangement, parents shall combine their
efforts so that each parent, or set of parents, rotates as the
responsible caregiver with respect to all the children in the
cooperative.
   (2) Any person caring for children shall be a parent, legal
guardian, stepparent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or adult sibling of
at least one of the children in the cooperative.
   (3) There can be no payment of money or receipt of in-kind income
in exchange for the provision of care. This does not prohibit in-kind
contributions of snacks, games, toys, blankets for napping, pillows,
and other materials parents deem appropriate for their children. It
is not the intent of this paragraph to prohibit payment for outside
activities, the amount of which may not exceed the actual cost of the
activity.
   (4) No more than 12 children are receiving care in the same place
at the same time.
   (f) Any arrangement for the receiving and care of children by a
relative.
   (g) Any public recreation program. "Public recreation program"
means a program operated by the state, city, county, special
district, school district, community college district, chartered
city, or chartered city and county that meets either of the following
criteria:
   (1) The program is operated only during hours other than normal
school hours for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in the
public school district where the program is located, or operated only
during periods when students in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, are normally not in session in the public school district
where the program is located, for either of the following periods:
   (A) For under 16 hours per week.
   (B) For a total of 12 weeks or less during a 12-month period. This
total applies to any 12 weeks within any 12-month period, without
regard to whether the weeks are consecutive.
   In determining "normal school hours" or periods when students are
"normally not in session," the State Department of Social Services
shall, when appropriate, consider the normal school hours or periods
when students are normally not in session for students attending a
year-round school.
   (2) The program is provided to children who are over the age of
four years and nine months and not yet enrolled in school and the
program is operated during either of the following periods:
   (A) For under 16 hours per week.
   (B) For a total of 12 weeks or less during a 12-month period. This
total applies to any 12 weeks within any 12-month period, without
regard to whether the weeks are consecutive.
   (3) The program is provided to children under the age of four
years and nine months with sessions that run 12 hours per week or
less and are 12 weeks or less in duration. A program subject to this
paragraph may permit children to be enrolled in consecutive sessions
throughout the year. However, the program shall not permit children
to be enrolled in a combination of sessions that total more than 12
hours per week for each child.
   (h) Extended day care programs operated by public or private
schools.
   (i) Any school parenting program or adult education child care
program that satisfies both of the following:
   (1) Is operated by a public school district or operated by an
individual or organization pursuant to a contract with a public
school district.
   (2) Is not operated by an organization specified in Section
1596.793.
   (j) Any child day care program that operates only one day per week
for no more than four hours on that one day.
   (k) Any child day care program that offers temporary child care
services to parents and that satisfies both of the following:
   (1) The services are only provided to parents and guardians who
are on the same premises as the site of the child day care program.
   (2) The child day care program is not operated on the site of a
ski facility, shopping mall, department store, or any other similar
site identified by the department by regulation.
   (l) Any program that provides activities for children of an
instructional nature in a classroom-like setting and satisfies both
of the following:
   (1) Is operated only during periods of the year when students in
kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, are normally not in
session in the public school district where the program is located
due to regularly scheduled vacations.
   (2) Offers any number of sessions during the period specified in
paragraph (1) that when added together do not exceed a total of 30
days when only schoolage children are enrolled in the program or 15
days when children younger than schoolage are enrolled in the
program.
   (m) A program facility administered by the Department of
Corrections that (1) houses both women and their children, and (2) is
specifically designated for the purpose of providing substance abuse
treatment and maintaining and strengthening the family unit pursuant
to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3410) of Title 2 of Part 3 of
the Penal Code, or Chapter 4.8 (commencing with Section 1174) of
Title 7 of Part 2 of that code.
   (n) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2014.



1596.793.  This chapter and Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section
1596.90) and 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) do not apply to
recreation programs conducted for children by the Girl Scouts, Boy
Scouts, Boys Club, Girls Club, or Camp Fire, or similar organizations
as determined by regulations of the department. Child day care
programs conducted by these organizations and the fees charged for
that specific purpose are subject to the requirements of this
chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), and Chapter
3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30).



1596.794.  The department shall serve as the liaison to child day
care facilities for the purposes of Sections 17608 to 17613,
inclusive, of the Education Code.



1596.795.  (a) The smoking of tobacco in a private residence that is
licensed as a family day care home shall be prohibited during the
hours of operation as a family day care home and in those areas of
the family day care home where children are present. Nothing in this
section shall prohibit a city or county from enacting or enforcing an
ordinance relating to smoking in a family day care home if the
ordinance is more stringent than this section.
   (b) The smoking of tobacco on the premises of a licensed day care
center shall be prohibited.


1596.796.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments are
not required to be made to any person who provides child care
services and is exempt from the licensing requirements of this
chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), or Chapter
3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) if that person either is known
to have tuberculosis, or to have been convicted of any crime
involving violence against, or abuse or neglect of, children.
   This section shall not be construed to create an affirmative duty
on any individual, government body, or other entity paying for child
care to investigate the person to whom payments are being made nor
shall it be construed to create any liability for failure to
investigate that person.
   To the extent that this section is inconsistent with federal law,
it shall be inoperative.



1596.797.  (a) Blood glucose testing for the purposes of monitoring
a minor child diagnosed with diabetes may be performed in a child day
care facility in accordance with paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of
Section 1241 of the Business and Professions Code.
   (b) Nothing in this section, or in any other provision of law,
including, but not limited to, Section 1241 or 2058 of the Business
and Professions Code, shall require an insulin injection to be
administered to any child in a child day care facility.



1596.798.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, licensees
and staff of a child day care facility may administer inhaled
medication to a child if all of the following requirements are met:
   (1) The licensee or staff person has been provided with written
authorization from the minor's parent or legal guardian to administer
inhaled medication and authorization to contact the child's health
care provider. The authorization shall include the telephone number
and address of the minor's parent or legal guardian.
   (2) The licensee or staff person complies with specific written
instructions from the child's physician to which all of the following
shall apply:
   (A) The instructions shall contain all of the following
information:
   (i) Specific indications for administering the medication pursuant
to the physician's prescription.
   (ii) Potential side effects and expected response.
   (iii) Dose-form and amount to be administered pursuant to the
physician's prescription.
   (iv) Actions to be taken in the event of side effects or
incomplete treatment response pursuant to the physician's
prescription.
   (v) Instructions for proper storage of the medication.
   (vi) The telephone number and address of the child's physician.
   (B) The instructions shall be updated annually.
   (3) The licensee or staff person that administers the inhaled
medication to the child shall record each instance and provide a
record to the minor's parent or legal guardian on a daily basis.
   (4) Beginning January 1, 2000, a licensee or staff person who
obtains or renews a pediatric first aid certificate pursuant to
Section 1596.866 shall complete formal training designed to provide
instruction in administering inhaled medication to children with
respiratory needs. This training shall include, but not be limited
to, training in the general use of nebulizer equipment and inhalers,
how to clean the equipment, proper storage of inhaled medication, how
a child should respond to inhaled medication, what to do in cases of
emergency, how to identify side effects of the medication, and when
to notify a parent or legal guardian or physician. This training
shall be a component in the pediatric first aid certificate
requirement as provided in Section 1596.8661.
   (5) For a specified child, the licensee or staff person who
administers inhaled medication has been instructed to administer
inhaled medication by the child's parent or guardian.
   (6) Beginning January 1, 2000, any training materials pertaining
to nebulizer care that licensees or staff receive in the process of
obtaining or renewing a pediatric first aid certificate pursuant to
paragraph (4) shall be kept on file at the child care facility. The
materials shall be made available to a licensee or staff person who
administers inhaled medication. This requirement shall only apply to
the extent that training materials are made available to licensees or
staff who obtain or renew a pediatric first aid certificate pursuant
to paragraph (4).
   (b) For purposes of this section, inhaled medication shall refer
to medication prescribed for the child to control lung-related
illness, including, but not limited to, local held nebulizers.
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require a
certificated teacher who provides day care pursuant to Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 8200) of Part 6 of the Education Code in a
public school setting to administer inhaled medication.



1596.799.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 1597.05 or any other
provision of law, any day care center that exclusively offers a
program of services for which there is no contract or agreement
between any parent and the center for the regular care of any child,
and for which there is no prearranged schedule of care for any child,
shall not be required to do either of the following:
   (1) Verify children's immunizations or tuberculosis testing.
   (2) Maintain files regarding children's immunizations or
tuberculosis testing.
   (b) Upon admission of a child, the parent shall sign an
acknowledgment that he or she understands that verification of
immunizations and tuberculosis testing is not required for any child
accepted in this type of program.
   (c) This section shall not be construed to exempt a day care
center from any other licensing requirement.