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Mandate 720

Mandate Information
Mandate Title:
Child day centers and family day homes; regulations, national background check required, report.
Purpose of legislation
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.
Legislation mandating a change Chap 758 (2015)
VAC chapters to be amended
22 vac 40 - 120 : Minimum Standards for Licensed Family Day-Care Systems
Associated Regulatory Actions
Action 4576: Amend Family Day Systems to Comply with Code
Latest Stage: Final
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