Child Care Facility Rules and Regulations
1. Florida Department of Children of Families: This agency determines
state rules pertaining to child care and enforces these rules by
licensing and inspecting child care facilities.
2. Local Fire Department: This agency inspects child care facilities
and educates child care professionals about minimizing fires and other
threats to safety.
3. Local County Health Department: This agency establishes,
regulates, and enforces rules and local ordinances, which must meet
or exceed state standards.
4. Local Licensing Agencies: This agency is responsible for making
sure child care facilities are inspected.
5. The Florida Statutes: are made up by the individual laws which
were passed by the Legislature. Each year, new statutes appear for
the first time, some are rewritten or amended, and some stay the
same. Statutes are written and proposed by the Florida Senate and
House of Representatives. They are signed into law by the governor.
6. The Florida Administrative Code: is made up of rules that are
created by the Department of Children and Families and enforced by
the Depatment of Children and Families and many other state local
agencies. Rules and regulations are based on the Florida Statutues.
The Florida Department of Children and Families governs many
aspects of child care in the state, and its staff members write the rules
and regulations that appear in the Florida Administrative Code.
7. The Americans with Disabilities Act: passed in 1990, prohibits
discrimination against people who are handicapped or disabled. Its
goals are to promote com- munity integration by prohibiting
discrimination based on disability; to create early intervention services
for infants and todlers (ages birth to 3 years) with special needs and
their families; and to provide non-discriminatory, multidisciplinary
eval- uation by qualified professionals.
8. What kinds of records are checked during a screening?:
Employment His- tory
Local criminal records check through local law enforcement
agencies Fingerprints
Statewide criminal record checks through the Department of Law
,Enforcement Federal criminal records check through the FBI
9. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
The licensing agency the applicant, in writing, that the license
has been denied, and states why that decision was reached.: notifies
, 10. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
If a local licensing agency denied the application, the applicant has
days to file a written request for a hearing.: 15 days
11. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
The local licensing agency must hold that hearing within days of
the applicant's request.: 30 days
12. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
If the denial stands, the applicant may to the Department of
Children and Families. The Department of Children and Families' hearing
must be held as described by statute.: appeal
13. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
"Promulgation" means " ". This first subsection says that
when the Department of Children and Families announces minimum state
standards, each county in Florida has to provide it with a copy of its own
minimum standards if they are different from the State's.: to publicly
announce
14. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
Each county also has to tell the Department of Children and Families how
it plans to: license programs.
15. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
The Department of Children and Families will review local minimum
standards. If they the Department of Chik-
dren Families' standards, the Department of Children and Families will
a local licensing agency.: meet or exceed.
approve
16. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
The Department of Children and Families renews its
ap- proval : every year
17.402.307 Approving of licensing agency: If the Department of Children
and Families learns that the local licensing agency is not applying the
Department of Children and Families' minimum standards, it notifies
1. Florida Department of Children of Families: This agency determines
state rules pertaining to child care and enforces these rules by
licensing and inspecting child care facilities.
2. Local Fire Department: This agency inspects child care facilities
and educates child care professionals about minimizing fires and other
threats to safety.
3. Local County Health Department: This agency establishes,
regulates, and enforces rules and local ordinances, which must meet
or exceed state standards.
4. Local Licensing Agencies: This agency is responsible for making
sure child care facilities are inspected.
5. The Florida Statutes: are made up by the individual laws which
were passed by the Legislature. Each year, new statutes appear for
the first time, some are rewritten or amended, and some stay the
same. Statutes are written and proposed by the Florida Senate and
House of Representatives. They are signed into law by the governor.
6. The Florida Administrative Code: is made up of rules that are
created by the Department of Children and Families and enforced by
the Depatment of Children and Families and many other state local
agencies. Rules and regulations are based on the Florida Statutues.
The Florida Department of Children and Families governs many
aspects of child care in the state, and its staff members write the rules
and regulations that appear in the Florida Administrative Code.
7. The Americans with Disabilities Act: passed in 1990, prohibits
discrimination against people who are handicapped or disabled. Its
goals are to promote com- munity integration by prohibiting
discrimination based on disability; to create early intervention services
for infants and todlers (ages birth to 3 years) with special needs and
their families; and to provide non-discriminatory, multidisciplinary
eval- uation by qualified professionals.
8. What kinds of records are checked during a screening?:
Employment His- tory
Local criminal records check through local law enforcement
agencies Fingerprints
Statewide criminal record checks through the Department of Law
,Enforcement Federal criminal records check through the FBI
9. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
The licensing agency the applicant, in writing, that the license
has been denied, and states why that decision was reached.: notifies
, 10. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
If a local licensing agency denied the application, the applicant has
days to file a written request for a hearing.: 15 days
11. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
The local licensing agency must hold that hearing within days of
the applicant's request.: 30 days
12. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
If the denial stands, the applicant may to the Department of
Children and Families. The Department of Children and Families' hearing
must be held as described by statute.: appeal
13. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
"Promulgation" means " ". This first subsection says that
when the Department of Children and Families announces minimum state
standards, each county in Florida has to provide it with a copy of its own
minimum standards if they are different from the State's.: to publicly
announce
14. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
Each county also has to tell the Department of Children and Families how
it plans to: license programs.
15. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
The Department of Children and Families will review local minimum
standards. If they the Department of Chik-
dren Families' standards, the Department of Children and Families will
a local licensing agency.: meet or exceed.
approve
16. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
The Department of Children and Families renews its
ap- proval : every year
17.402.307 Approving of licensing agency: If the Department of Children
and Families learns that the local licensing agency is not applying the
Department of Children and Families' minimum standards, it notifies
