- Accommodation of infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions.
- Handling and storage of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of biocontaminants.
- Appropriate precautions in transporting children, if applicable.
- Pediatric first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect.
45 CFR 98.42 Enforcement of licensing and health and safety requirements Each state shall have monitoring policies and practices to ensure that child care providers comply with applicable health and safety requirements. Compliance monitoring for licensed child care must include at least one inspection before a license is issued and an unannounced inspection at least annually. Compliance monitoring for license-exempt child care must include an annual inspection.
Each state is required to have in effect requirements, policies, and procedures to require and conduct criminal background checks for employees of child care facilities including prospective staff members and any individual residing in a family child care program who is age 18 and above.
Framework
Each state must establish a framework for training, professional development, and postsecondary education for child care providers, teachers, and directors that is developed in consultation with the state advisory council and addresses professional standards and competencies, career pathways, and workforce information and financing. A state’s framework for training, professional development, and postsecondary education for child care providers, teachers, and directors shall also do all of the following:
- Establish qualifications for providers in different child care settings.
- Reflect current research and best practices, including culturally and linguistically appropriate practices.
- Improve the quality, diversity, stability, and retention of providers, teachers, and directors.
Preservice or Orientation Training
Each state shall require child care providers, teachers, and directors to complete a pre-service or orientation training within their first 3 months in the position. The training shall include all of the following topics:
- Child development, including the major domains (cognitive, social, emotional, and physical and approaches to learning).
Ongoing professional development
Each state shall establish the number of hours of ongoing professional development that child care providers, teachers, and directors must complete annually. The required training shall be aligned to a progression of professional development and shall update health and safety standards, incorporate knowledge and application of the state’s early learning and developmental guidelines for children from birth to kindergarten, and incorporate social-emotional behavior intervention models.
7. Anticipated economic impact of implementing the rule (note if the rule is likely to have a significant economic impact on small businesses):
The rule will have a minimal impact on child care providers.
8. Contact Person:
