(a) (1) CHILD CARE STAFF MEMBER means any employee of a child care center or child care family home who is primarily responsible for the care and supervision of children. The administrator may be a part-time staff member when not involved in other duties.
(2) Any child care staff member shall be at least 18 years of age, and shall have at least a high school education or shall have completed a training program approved by the state’s Department of Human Services or the state’s Board of Education. A child care staff member may be less than 18 years of age if he or she is a graduate of a two-year vocational child care training program approved by the state’s Board of Education.
(3) The administrator is responsible for the daily operation of the child care center/home program and for implementing the licensee’s plan for compliance with this chapter. The administrator shall have completed at least two years of training in an accredited college, university or technical college, including the completion of courses in child development or early childhood education, or shall have at least two years’ experience in supervising and giving daily care to children attending an organized group program.
(b) The administrator and all child care staff members of any child care center or family home provider shall be of good character and be mentally and physically able to perform the duties which are required. At all times there shall be no less than two staff members available on the premises of the child care facility, except that in the case of a child care home, there shall be no less than one staff member on the premises. The Type A home shall maintain the following child/staff ratios and group sizes.
(1) No more than 12 children, including any children under six years of age who are related to a licensee, administrator or employee of the Type A home and who are on the premises of the Type A home, shall be in attendance in the Type A home.
(2) The maximum number of children per child care staff member in the Type A home at any one time shall not be greater than six children to one child care staff member. One care giver may care for children according to the following age combinations.
Infants | Toddlers, Preschool Children or Schoolchildren |
0 | 6 |
1 | 5 |
2 | 4 |
3 | 3 |
4 | 0 |
(c) The maximum number of children per child care staff member and maximum group size by age category of children for center-based programs, are as follows.
Age Category of Children | Maximum Number of Children Per Child Care Staff Member | Maximum Group Size |
Age Category of Children | Maximum Number of Children Per Child Care Staff Member | Maximum Group Size |
Infants | ||
Less than 12 months old | 5:1, or 12:2 if two child care staff members are in the room | 12 |
At least 12 months old, but less than 18 months old | 6:1 | 12 |
Toddlers | ||
At least 18 months old, but less than 30 months old | 7:1 | 14 |
At least 30 months old, but less than three years old | 8:1 | 16 |
Preschool children | ||
Three years old | 12:1 | 24 |
Four years old and five years old who are not schoolchildren | 14:1 | 28 |
Schoolchildren | ||
A child who is enrolled in or is eligible to be enrolled in a grade of kindergarten or above, but is less than 11 years old | 18:1 | 36 |
Eleven through 14 year old children | 20:1 | 40 |
(d) All persons working in any child care facility or child care home shall be examined by a licensed physician not more than 30 days before employment, and the written results of such person’s medical examination shall be kept at the center or home and shall certify such person to be:
(1) Free from communicable disease, including tuberculosis;
(2) Immunized against measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus and diphtheria, except for persons born on or before December 31, 1956; and
(3) Physically fit for employment in a facility caring for young children. Medical statements shall bear the date of the examination and the signature, business address and telephone number of the licensed physician who completed the examination.
(e) The administrator or the person in charge of the child care facility or child care home shall interview each child and his or her parent/s or guardian prior to admission, and supply the parents or guardian with information concerning the program and activities of the center or home and provide an opportunity for parents or guardian to observe the operation of such child care program during reasonable hours while it is in operation.
(Ord. 60-90, passed 6-19-1990)