Child day centers and family day homes; regulations, national background check required, report.

Requires fingerprint-based national criminal history records checks for licensed child day centers and family day homes and requires employees and volunteers of such child day centers and family day homes to notify the provider if they are convicted of a barrier crime or subject to a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect. The bill adds the offenses that require registration in the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry to the list of barrier crimes specific to family day homes. The bill lowers from five to four the maximum number of children for whom a family day home may provide care without a license, exclusive of the provider's children and any children who reside in the home. The bill includes other provisions to increase the safety of children in child care settings.

22 vac 40 - 180 : Voluntary Registration of Family Day Homes...Requirements for Providers

22 vac 40 - 191 : Background Checks for Child Welfare Agencies