California Code
DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3.4 - California Child Day Care Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 1596.70. - 1596.70. This chapter and Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90)...

Section 1596.71. - 1596.71. This chapter applies to Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section...

Section 1596.72. - 1596.72. The Legislature finds all of the following: (a) That...

Section 1596.73. - 1596.73. The purposes of this act are to: (a) Streamline...

Section 1596.74. - 1596.74. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in...

Section 1596.75. - 1596.75. “Child” means a person who is under 18 years...

Section 1596.750. - 1596.750. “Child day care facility” means a facility that provides...

Section 1596.76. - 1596.76. “Day care center” means a child day care facility...

Section 1596.77. - 1596.77. “Department” means the State Department of Social Services. (Added...

Section 1596.770. - 1596.770. “Director” means the Director of Social Services. (Added by...

Section 1596.771. - 1596.771. “Employer-sponsored child care center” means any child day care...

Section 1596.773. - 1596.773. (a) “Probation” means the period of time that a...

Section 1596.775. - 1596.775. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 1596.78. - 1596.78. (a) “Family daycare home” means a facility that regularly...

Section 1596.785. - 1596.785. “Nonminor student” means a person 18 years of age...

Section 1596.79. - 1596.79. “Person” means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability...

Section 1596.790. - 1596.790. “Planning agency” means the agency designated pursuant to Section...

Section 1596.791. - 1596.791. “Provider” means a person who operates a child day...

Section 1596.7915. - 1596.7915. “Schoolage child care center” means a day care center...

Section 1596.792. - 1596.792. This chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), and...

Section 1596.7925. - 1596.7925. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, the State...

Section 1596.793. - 1596.793. This chapter and Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90)...

Section 1596.794. - 1596.794. The department shall serve as the liaison to child...

Section 1596.795. - 1596.795. (a) The smoking of a tobacco product in a...

Section 1596.796. - 1596.796. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments are not...

Section 1596.797. - 1596.797. (a) Blood glucose testing for the purposes of monitoring...

Section 1596.798. - 1596.798. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, licensees and...

Section 1596.799. - 1596.799. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1597.05 or any other provision of...

Section 1596.7995. - 1596.7995. (a) (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall...

Section 1596.7996. - 1596.7996. (a) A licensed child day care facility, upon enrolling...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration of Child Day Care Licensing

Section 1596.80. - 1596.80. No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall operate,...

Section 1596.803. - 1596.803. (a) (1) An application fee adjusted by facility and...

Section 1596.804. - 1596.804. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, on or before January...

Section 1596.805. - 1596.805. No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall provide...

Section 1596.806. - 1596.806. (a) A room used as a classroom by a...

Section 1596.807. - 1596.807. The State Department of Social Services, shall allow an...

Section 1596.808. - 1596.808. (a) Commencing January 1, 2012, except as provided in...

Section 1596.809. - 1596.809. A prospective applicant for licensure shall be notified at...

Section 1596.81. - 1596.81. (a) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal in...

Section 1596.813. - 1596.813. The department shall adopt regulations regarding immunization requirements for...

Section 1596.815. - 1596.815. The department shall, on or before December 31, 1991,...

Section 1596.816. - 1596.816. (a) The Community Care Licensing Division of the department...

Section 1596.817. - 1596.817. (a) When the department conducts a site visit of...

Section 1596.818. - 1596.818. (a) The department shall specify in its licensing report...

Section 1596.819. - 1596.819. (a) Except as otherwise prohibited by law, the department...

Section 1596.82. - 1596.82. The department may contract for state, county, or other...

Section 1596.83. - 1596.83. An applicant or licensee shall file his or her...

Section 1596.84. - 1596.84. The department may issue provisional licenses to operate day...

Section 1596.841. - 1596.841. Each child day care facility shall maintain a current...

Section 1596.842. - 1596.842. Following approval by the department of a list of...

Section 1596.843. - 1596.843. (a) Whenever a facility visit and a complaint investigation...

Section 1596.844. - 1596.844. The department shall acknowledge in writing within 10 days...

Section 1596.845. - 1596.845. Prior to the issuance of a new license or...

Section 1596.846. - 1596.846. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 1596.847. - 1596.847. (a) A child day care facility shall not use...

Section 1596.85. - 1596.85. No license or special permit issued pursuant to Chapters...

Section 1596.851. - 1596.851. (a) (1) If an application for a license or...

Section 1596.852. - 1596.852. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the...

Section 1596.853. - 1596.853. (a) Any person may request an inspection of any...

Section 1596.8535. - 1596.8535. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department...

Section 1596.854. - 1596.854. The withdrawal of an application for a license or...

Section 1596.855. - 1596.855. (a) Upon attendance at an orientation meeting, as described...

Section 1596.8555. - 1596.8555. A licensed child day care facility shall post its...

Section 1596.856. - 1596.856. If the department finds that the applicant is not...

Section 1596.857. - 1596.857. (a) Upon presentation of identification, the responsible parent or...

Section 1596.858. - 1596.858. A license shall be forfeited by operation of law...

Section 1596.859. - 1596.859. (a) (1) Each licensed child daycare facility shall make...

Section 1596.8595. - 1596.8595. (a) (1) Each licensed child day care facility shall...

Section 1596.86. - 1596.86. (a) The director shall annually publish and make available...

Section 1596.861. - 1596.861. (a) Each child day care facility licensed under this...

Section 1596.862. - 1596.862. (a) The department may approve or deny a written...

Section 1596.865. - 1596.865. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage...

Section 1596.866. - 1596.866. (a) (1) In addition to other required training, at...

Section 1596.8661. - 1596.8661. (a) For purposes of the training required pursuant to...

Section 1596.8662. - 1596.8662. (a) The department shall do all of the following:...

Section 1596.867. - 1596.867. (a) All child day care facilities, as defined in...

Section 1596.869. - 1596.869. Directors of combination child day care facilities shall be...

Section 1596.87. - 1596.87. (a) The department shall institute a staff development and...

Section 1596.871. - 1596.871. The Legislature recognizes the need to generate timely and...

Section 1596.8712. - 1596.8712. (a) (1) Whenever an individual is excluded by the...

Section 1596.8713. - 1596.8713. (a) The Department of Justice may charge a fee...

Section 1596.8714. - 1596.8714. On or before March 1, 2000, the State Department...

Section 1596.8715. - 1596.8715. If a licensee or facility is required by law...

Section 1596.8716. - 1596.8716. (a) For licensing purposes, employees of a childcare and...

Section 1596.872a. - 1596.872a. (a) The department may establish a child care advocate...

Section 1596.872b. - 1596.872b. (a) The department may establish a child care advocate...

Section 1596.873. - 1596.873. The Early Childhood Policy Council established pursuant to Section...

Section 1596.874. - 1596.874. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall furnish...

Section 1596.875. - 1596.875. To assure compliance with this act, the department shall:...

Section 1596.876. - 1596.876. In any case in which a child day care...

Section 1596.877. - 1596.877. (a) Prior to granting a license to, or otherwise...

Section 1596.878. - 1596.878. The department shall establish, administer, and monitor programs which...

Section 1596.879. - 1596.879. Immediately upon the denial of any application for a...

ARTICLE 3 - Remedies for Employer Discrimination

Section 1596.880. - 1596.880. For the purposes of this article: (a) “Employee” means...

Section 1596.881. - 1596.881. No employer shall discharge, demote, or suspend, or threaten...

Section 1596.882. - 1596.882. (a) A claim by the employee alleging the violation...

Section 1596.883. - 1596.883. Any employer who willfully refuses to rehire, promote, or...

ARTICLE 4 - Suspension and Revocation

Section 1596.885. - 1596.885. The department may deny an application for or suspend...

Section 1596.886. - 1596.886. The director may temporarily suspend any license, registration, or...

Section 1596.8865. - 1596.8865. (a) When a local child protective agency, as defined...

Section 1596.8866. - 1596.8866. The State Department of Social Services shall reopen an...

Section 1596.8867. - 1596.8867. (a) The department shall conduct an unannounced visit to...

Section 1596.887. - 1596.887. (a) Proceedings for the suspension, revocation, or denial of...

Section 1596.8871. - 1596.8871. (a) The administrative law judge conducting a hearing under...

Section 1596.8872. - 1596.8872. (a) (1) An out-of-court statement made by a minor...

Section 1596.8875. - 1596.8875. In addition to the witness fees and mileage provided...

Section 1596.888. - 1596.888. Any license, registration, or special permit suspended pursuant to...

Section 1596.889. - 1596.889. In all proceedings conducted in accordance with Section 1596.887,...

Section 1596.8895. - 1596.8895. (a) Whenever the director temporarily suspends the license, registration,...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Employee Actions

Section 1596.8897. - 1596.8897. (a) The department may prohibit any person from being...

Section 1596.8898. - 1596.8898. (a) (1) If the department determines that a person...

Section 1596.8899. - 1596.8899. The department shall conduct an unannounced visit to a...

ARTICLE 5 - Offenses

Section 1596.89. - 1596.89. The director may bring an action to enjoin the...

Section 1596.890. - 1596.890. (a) Any person who willfully or repeatedly violates any...

Section 1596.891. - 1596.891. (a) A person who violates Section 1596.80 may be...

Section 1596.8915. - 1596.8915. Any person who, without lawful authorization from a duly...

Section 1596.892. - 1596.892. The civil, criminal, and administrative remedies available to the...

Section 1596.893a. - 1596.893a. (a) When the licensing agency has reason to believe...

Section 1596.893b. - 1596.893b. (a) When the licensing agency has reason to believe...

Section 1596.893c. - 1596.893c. (a) The department shall consider, in determining whether to...

Section 1596.894. - 1596.894. Any action brought by the department against an unlicensed...

Section 1596.895. - 1596.895. (a) The department shall notify resource and referral agencies...

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California Code DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS CHAPTER 3.4 - California Child Day Care Act

California Code
DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3.4 - California Child Day Care Act