Originally Posted by 284878:
Here it is four years. However, Tom Copeland told a story during a conference that about a provider that got sued by a former child, for an injury that occurred when he was in the provider's care. This provider had retired from being a provider for several years before the child sued her.
So I plan on keeping an electronic copy of all files just in case.
You mean as in keeping all files no matter what? My children's files are just the state's intake paperwork, their contracts and their immunization records. I don't have "Unusual Injury/Incident Reports" for any of my past or current children except for one child because (knock on wood) I haven't had any serious injuries or unusual incidents other than the one, thank goodness that other than the occasional normal scrape or bruise from normal play nothing big has happened.
It makes sense to keep the file of that one child because it's considered an unusual incident but all of them? Not sure how keeping all paperwork would be helpful to me. It would have old contact info and their admission and termination date but all of that info is on my roster and those I do keep. Wondering if I really do have to keep all of their files and being a scrooge about it
