(a) Every owner, employee and volunteer who cares for, controls or supervises children at a day care center, except for persons whose exclusive responsibilities do not include the care, control or supervision of children, such as janitorial and transportation duties, and who do not in fact care for, control or supervise children, shall obtain a child care worker certificate issued by the department. If a child care worker applies for a certificate and class but the worker is unable to schedule a class before starting his or her job due to a lack of space in a class, the worker may obtain a 30-day extension and work without a certificate for those 30 days.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator to permit any person to care for, control or supervise children at the day care center without the person first obtaining and holding a valid child care worker certificate issued by the department or without obtaining a 30-day extension.
(c) Every applicant for a child care worker certificate:
(1) Shall submit an application on a form specified by the department which shall state the name, residence address, date of birth and such other information as may specified;
(2) Shall, each year, whether the application is an original application or a renewal application, submit to the department a record of the applicant’s tuberculosis examination completed no earlier than 12 months before the applicant begins work at a day care center or applies for a renewal application, and shall maintain a copy of the record of the tuberculosis examination at the day care center;
(3) Shall attend an orientation class provided by the department at a site specified by the department before a child care worker certificate, either original or renewal, will be issued to the person; and
(4) Shall pay the child care worker certificate fee.
(d) A child care worker certificate shall be valid for two years from the date of its issuance unless revoked as provided hereunder. Application by a certificate holder for a new certificate shall be made prior to impending expiration of the certificate in the manner described above in § 16-435(c).
(e) The director is authorized to revoke a child care worker certificate upon a finding that the holder failed to report a communicable disease in the holder to the health department. A proposed request for revocation of a certificate shall be made to the director by the department’s consumer health administrator of the regulatory authority after investigation and an opportunity for a hearing with the certificate holder.
(f) A nonrefundable fee for a child care worker certificate shall be paid to the department by an applicant in an amount established by city council.
(g) A copy of the current child care worker certificate shall be maintained at the day care center for each of its owners, employees and volunteers who cares for, controls or supervises children at the facility, and for whom a certificate is required by this section. Certificate records shall be available for review upon the request of the director or his or her designee.
(h) No child care worker certificate issued by the director shall be used for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was issued, nor be transferred or assigned to, or in any manner used by, any person other than the person to whom it was issued by the director.
(Ord. 11209, § 3, passed 11-24-1992; Ord. 13749, § 1, passed 3-23-1999)