Hello and Happy New year!

So I have heard that you do not need a license for a three hours daycare/childcare but is there also no limits to how many children you can care for?

Thank you!

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That seems unlikely. What would stop
Someone from having 100s of kids and saying it’s 3 hour max?
But every state is different. Maybe call Licensing and ask?

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I am in MN and that would be considered license exempt here only if the parent is on the property or if the program is an accredited non-public school but the children must be 33 months and older.

The following types of child care are considered to be legal non-licensed or license-exempt, under Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.03, subdivision 2:
 care provided to children who are related to the child care provider
 care provided by an unrelated individual to children from a single family
 programs operated by a public school for children 33 months or older
 services provided for children for less than three hours a day while the child’s parent or legal guardian is in the same or contiguous building
 recreation programs operated or approved by a park and recreation board
 programs operated by a school, YMCA, YWCA, or JCC whose primary purpose is providing child care or services to school-age children
 Head Start programs that operate for less than 45 days a year
 programs for children such as scouting, boys and girls clubs, arts, and sports, provided for a total of less than 30 days in any 12-month period
 religious instruction of school-age children; Sabbath or Sunday schools; or care by a church, congregation, or religious society during regular worship
 programs operated by an accredited nonpublic school serving only children who are age 33 months or older, for no more than four hours per day per child, with no more than 20 children at any one time
 programs operated by a nonprofit organization that provide structured, supervised youth development and K-12 educational opportunities
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd...ss/sscclic.pdf

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Here is CA rules for licensing.
https://www.daycare.com/california/c...uirements.html

The list of programs that are license exempt start on page 17.

Near the bottom of the list it says:

"(10) Any child day care program that operates only one day per week for no more than four hours on that one day." but that is the closest thing I found that says a program with limited hours is exempt from licensing.

I would definitely call licensing and ask. Especially if your state fines providers per day/child for operating illegally.

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Oh wow! That's is a school 15min away that is ony open 3hours a week but have over 15lida with no license... they said that it was legal.

I'm just curious so I'll call the licensing to see if there is an exempt.

Thank you guys!

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In my state you can not be licensed if you operate less than 3 hours a day. There's a lady who is a teacher and operates an after school program at her house. She doesn't have to be licensed or follow rules because it is less than 3 hours a day.

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