Licensing Standards
for DayCare Centers
Section 10:122-3.6
Information to Parents Document
GEN (a) The center shall give to the parent E "parent:Information
to Parents document" (s) of every enrolled child and to every staff member
a written Information to Parents document E "Information to Parents document"
designated by the Bureau of Licensing E "Bureau of Licensing" and
indicating that the center is required to:
- Be licensed by the Bureau of Licensing E "Bureau of Licensing:authority
for licensure" , Division of Youth and Family ServicesE "Division
of Youth and Family Services:authority for licensure" ;
- Comply with all applicable provisions of the Manual of Requirements
for Child Care Centers;
- Post its license E "license:posting" in a prominent location
within the center;
- Retain a current copy of the manual and make it available for parent
E "parent:rights" s' review;
- Indicate how parents can secure a copy of the manual from the Bureau;
- Make available to parent E "parent:access to inspection records"
s, upon request, the Bureau's Life/Safety and Program Inspection/Violation
and Complaint E "complaints:parent access to records" Investigation
Summary report(s) on the center, as well as any letters of enforcement or
other actions taken against the center during the center's current licensing
period;
- Post a listing or diagram of those rooms and/or areas that have
been approved by the Bureau for children's use;
- Comply with the inspection/investigation functions of the Division,
including the interviewing of staff members and children;
- Afford parents the opportunity and time to review and discuss with
the center director any questions or concerns about the policies and procedures
of the center or whether the center is in compliance with all applicable provisions
of the manual;
- Advise parents that if they believe or suspect that the center
is violating any requirement of the manual, they may reportE "complaints:reporting
to Bureau" such alleged violations to the center sponsor or director
or to the Bureau;
- Afford parents of enrolled children an opportunity to participate
in the center's operation and activities;
- Afford parent E "parent:visitation" s of enrolled children
the opportunity to visit the center at any time during the center's hours
of operation to observe its operation and program activities without having
to secure prior approval;
- Provide parent E "parent:permission:field trips" s with
advance notice of any field trip E "field trip" , outing or special
event involving the transportation of children away from the center, and,
for each event, secure the written consent of the parent(s) before taking
a child on such a field trip, outing or special event;
- Post a copy of the center's written statement of policy on the
disciplin E "discipline:policy:posting" ing of children by staff
members in a prominent location within the center, and make a copy of it available
to parents upon request;
- Indicate through this document that any person who has reasonable
cause to believe that a child has been or is being subjected to any form of
hitting, corporal punishment E "corporal punishment:reporting" ,
abusive language, ridicule, or harsh, humiliating or frightening treatment,
or any other kind of child abuse E "child abuse/neglect:reporting"
, neglect or exploitation by any adult, is required by State law to report
such allegations to the Division's Office of Child Abuse Control or any District
Office immediately, and indicate that such reports E "reporting:child
abuse/neglect" may be made anonymously;
- Indicate through this document how parents and staff members may
secure information about child abuse and/or neglect from the Division;
- Inform parents of the center's policy on the release E "release
of children:policy" of children;
- Inform parents of the center's policy on dispensing medication
E "medication:policy" ; and
- Provide parents with a copy of the center's policy on management
of communicable disease E "communicable disease" s.
(b) The center shall provide the Information to Parent E "parent:signature
for Information to Parents document" s document E "Information to Parents
document" to each child's parent(s) upon enrollment, and to every person
upon becoming a staff member.
- The center shall secure and maintain on file a record of each parent's
and staff E "staff members:signature for Information to Parents document"
member's signature attesting to receipt of the document.
- The center shall maintain on file a copy of the Information to Parents
document
- E "Information to Parents document" .
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