Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers

(amended by Public Act 95-360, Sec. 30, eff. 10/1/95)

(a) As used in sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and [19a-81] 19a-82 to 19a-87, inclusive, "child day care services" shall include:

(1) "A child day care center" which offers or provides a program of supplementary care to more than twelve related or unrelated children outside their own homes on a regular basis for a part of the twenty-four hours in one or more days in the week;

(2) "A group day care home" which offers or provides a program of supplementary care to not less than seven nor more than twelve related or unrelated children on a regular basis for a part of the twenty-four hours in one or more days in the week;

(3) "A family day care home" which consists of a private family home caring for not more than six children, including the provider's own children not in school full time, where the children are cared for not less than three nor more than twelve hours during a twenty-four-hour period and where care is given on a regularly recurring basis except that care may be provided in excess of twelve hours but not more than seventy-two consecutive hours to accommodate a need for extended care or intermittent short-term overnight care. During the regular school year, a maximum of three additional children who are in school full time, including the provider's own children, shall be permitted, except that if the provider has more than three children who are in school full time, all of the provider's children shall be permitted.

(1) administered by a public school system,

(2) administered by a private school which is in compliance with section 10-188 and is approved by the State Board of Education or is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the state board of education,

(3) recreation operations such as but not limited to library programs, boys' and girls' clubs, church-related activities, scouting, camping or community-youth programs, (4) informal arrangements among neighbors or relatives in their own homes, or (5) drop-in supplementary child care operations where parents are on the premises for educational or recreational purposes and the child receives such care infrequently. FOR PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION

(4) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM ARELATIVE" IS LIMITED TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF KINSHIP BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE TO THE CHILD BEING CARED FOR OR TO A PARENT OF THE CHILD: CHILD; GRANDCHILD; SIBLING; NIECE; NEPHEW; AUNT; UNCLE; OR CHILD OF ONE'S AUNT OR UNCLE.

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