LICENSING REGULATIONS GOVERNING PINELLAS …

1 LICENSING REGULATIONS . GOVERNING . PINELLAS COUNTY CHILDREN'S CENTERS. Approved by PINELLAS County License Board December 6, 2017. Effective April 2, 2018. Compiled and printed by PINELLAS County License Board for Children's Centers and Family Day Care Homes TABLE OF CONTENTS. LICENSING REGULATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S CENTERS. CHAPTER 61-2681 .. 1. KEY FOR LICENSING REGULATIONS .. 2. PURPOSE to protect the health, safety, and mental development of children .. 2. DEFINITIONS .. 2. Children's Center .. 2. Day Nursery .. 2. Nursery School .. 2. Kindergarten .. 2. School Age Center .. 2. Exemptions .. 2. Specialized Children's Centers for Mildly-Ill Children .. 4. Active .. 4. Age Appropriate.. 4. Before-School and After School Site .. 4. Begin Training for Child Care Personnel.

2 4. Birth Through Five Child Care Credential .. 4. Classroom/Room Designated Space ..5. 5. Child 5. Child Care for Mildly-Ill Children .. 5. Child Care Personnel .. 5. Child Care 6. Child Enrichment Service Provider .. 6. Continuing Education Unit (CEU) .. 6. Department .. 6. Director .. 6. Director Credential .. 6. Direct Supervision .. 6. Disposable .. 6. Drop-In Child Care .. 6. Early Childhood Education .. 6. Enforcement Plan .. 6. Evening 6. Exemption from LICENSING of Religiously Affiliated Children's Centers .. 7. Field Trip .. 7. Foster Grandparents .. 7. High School Diploma, GED and/or College Degree .. 7. Inactive .. 7. Indoor Recreational Children's Center .. 7. Initial Screening .. 7. Infant .. 8. International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

3 8. License Board .. 8. LICENSING REGULATIONS .. 8. Maintenance Staff .. 8. National Early Childhood Credential (NECC) .. 8. Nationally Affiliated Member-Based State Professional Organization .. 8. Nonpublic School .. 8. Operator .. 9. Overnight 9. Preparation of Food .. 9. Professional Contribution Regarding Director Credential Renewal .. 9. Re-Screening .. 9. Sanitize .. 9. School Age Child Care Credential .. 9. Secretary .. 10. Serious 10. Stable Walls or Barriers .. 10. Summer Day Camp .. 10. Teen Parenting Child Care Program .. 10. Children's Center LICENSING REGULATIONS 1/3/18 i TABLE OF CONTENTS. LICENSING REGULATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S CENTERS. Training Transcript .. 10. Transient Establishment .. 10. Weighted Score .. 10. Year of Experience .. 10.

4 LICENSE REQUIRED .. 10. LICENSE BOARD CREATION .. 11. RULES AND REGULATIONS .. 11. ADVISORY COMMITTEE .. 11. APPROPRIATION .. 12. I. PERSONNEL .. 13. General Qualifications - Child Care Personnel .. 13. Level 2 screening shall be 13. Level 2 Screening Standards for all employees in positions of trust or responsibility .. 13. Background Screening - Initial Screening .. 13. A screening must be conducted as condition of employment .. 13. Level 2 screening as outlined in s. , is required .. 13. Fingerprint results from FBI - DCF will review both Federal and State criminal .. 13. DCF will issue eligible/non-eligible result through Clearinghouse .. 13. Employment History Check .. 13. Attestation of Good Moral Character - October 2017 .. 15. 15. Every person required by law to be screened must submit complete set of information.

5 15. Employer or LICENSING Program must submit screening within 5 working days .. 15. Person whose background is being checked must supply missing criminal information within 30 days .. 15. Child Enrichment Service Provider .. 16. Shall be of good moral character based upon screening .. 16. Must meet screening requirements prior to providing services .. 16. Exclusion from Employment .. 16. Rescreening of personnel every 5 years .. 16. Exemptions from Disqualification .. 17. Felonies means .. 17. Burden of proof .. 17. Exemptions are non-binding on subsequent agency .. 18. Confidentiality of Personnel Background Check Information .. 18. Sharing of Personnel Information Among Employer shall furnish copies of personnel records; not held liable for such records.

6 18. Penalties .. 18. LICENSING program may deny, suspend, revoke license for failure to comply with this section .. 18. When LICENSING program has cause for denial or termination of 19. Employee, applicant, licensee has 15 days to request hearing .. 19. Hearing held within 30 days .. 19. Shall have right to appeal finding .. 19. Refusal to dismiss personnel shall result in automatic denial, revocation of license .. 19. Shall be in good health and free from impairment of mental illness .. 19. Shall be free from influence of drugs, alcohol .. 19. Shall not exercise detrimental influence toward children .. 19. Shall meet minimum age requirements .. 19. Education/Credentials .. 19. Education Qualifications .. 19. Day Nursery Workers shall be high school graduates.

7 19. School Age Center Workers shall be high school graduates .. 20. Requirements on or after 1/1/06 .. 20. Staff Member In Charge of Day Nursery shall be high school graduate or have equivalent plus .. 20. Staff Member in Charge of School Age Center shall be high school graduate or equivalent plus .. 20. Teacher in Charge of Nursery School/Kindergarten shall have 2 years of college including .. 20. Teacher in Process must meet experience requirement and one of the following .. 20. Shall continue professional training by .. 20. Staff caring for handicapped children shall enroll in courses pertinent to work with exceptional children .. 21. Credit to meet educational requirement will be accepted from .. 21. Evidence of credit shall be in the form of.

8 21. Coursework in the following 8 content areas acceptable .. 21. Children's Center LICENSING REGULATIONS 1/3/18 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. LICENSING REGULATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S CENTERS. Staff member in charge may satisfactorily complete: .. 21. Staff Credentials .. 22. Staff Credential Requirement: Center must have 1 credentialed staff member for every 20 children .. 22. VPK instructional personnel credential .. 22. Credentialed staff member defined .. 22. Staff Credential Verification Application .. 22. National Early Childhood Credential (NECC) .. 22. Educational Qualifications .. 22. Birth Through Five FCCPC .. 22. School-Age FCCPC .. 22. Military school-age training meets School-Age FCCPC .. 22. School-Age FCCPC will not meet staff credential VPK requirements.

9 22. Employment History Recognition Exemption will not meet VPK staff credential requirements .. 22. Applications for Employment History Recognition Exemption not accepted after 7/1/06 .. 22. Calculation of Number of Personnel Necessary .. 22. For 19 or less children or operates less than 8 hours per week .. 22. For every 20 children .. 23. Must work at least 20 hrs 23. For nap time and lunch time are excluded .. 23. For volunteers who work with children a minimum of 20 hours .. 23. For children 5 yrs old who attend kindergarten or .. 23. Individual with inactive credential is ineligible to be counted as credentialed staff member .. 23. Training Documentation must be maintained on-site for review by LICENSING program .. 23. Staff Credential Renewal.

10 23. National Early Childhood Credential must be renewed through original credentialing agency .. 23. Formal educational qualifications do not need renewal .. 23. Renewal applications submitted no earlier than 1 year prior .. 23. Individual with inactive credential not counted to meet staff credential requirement .. 23. Renewal date of 5 years from date renewal requirements met .. 23. Staff credential for Employment History Exemption does not require renewal .. 24. Florida Child Care Professional Credential Training Program Providers .. 24. DCF is responsible for ensuring approved Birth Through Five And School Age FCCPC .. 24. Director Credential Requirements .. 25. Individual may not be director of children's centers that overlap in hours of operation.