1597.30. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Legislature has a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of children in family homes that provide daycare. (b) There is an extreme shortage of regulated family daycare homes in California, and the number has decreased significantly since 2008. (c) There continues to be a growing […]
1597.36. The department shall provide written documentation to providers of the need for repairs, renovations, or additions when requested for an application for a loan guarantee pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10305.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code whenever the repairs, renovations, or additions are required by the department in order for the licensee […]
1597.40. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that family daycare homes for children should be situated in normal residential surroundings so as to give children the home environment that is conducive to healthy and safe development. It is the public policy of this state to provide children in a family daycare home the same […]
1597.41. (a) Every provision in a written instrument relating to real property that purports to restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, leasing, or mortgaging of the real property for use or occupancy as a family daycare home is void, and every restriction in that written instrument as to the use or occupancy of the property as a family […]
1597.42. The use of a home as a family daycare home, operated under the standards of state law, in a residentially zoned area shall be considered a residential use of property for the purposes of all local ordinances, regulations, and rules, and shall not fundamentally alter the nature of the underlying residential use. (Added by […]
1597.43. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Family day care homes operated under the standards of state law constitute accessory uses of residentially zoned and occupied properties and do not fundamentally alter the nature of the underlying residential uses. Family day care homes draw clients and vehicles to their sites during […]
1597.44. A small family day care home may provide care for more than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) At least one child is enrolled in and attending kindergarten or elementary school and a second child is at least six years […]
1597.45. (a) The use of a home as a small or large family daycare home shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right for the purposes of all local ordinances, including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances. (b) A local jurisdiction shall not impose a business license, fee, or tax for the […]
1597.455. (a) A small family daycare home shall not be subject to Article 1 (commencing with Section 13100) or Article 2 (commencing with Section 13140) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 12, except that a small family daycare home shall contain a fire extinguisher and smoke detector device that meet standards established by the […]
1597.46. (a) A large family daycare home shall abide by all standards, in addition to the requirements of the State Uniform Building Standards Code, that are specifically designed to promote fire and life safety in large family daycare homes. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt separate building standards specifically relating to the subject of fire and […]
1597.465. A large family day care home may provide care for more than 12 children and up to and including 14 children, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) At least one child is enrolled in and attending kindergarten or elementary school and a second child is at least six years of age. […]
1597.467. (a) Whenever any licensee under this chapter has reasonable cause to believe that a child in his or her care has suffered any injury or has been subjected to any act of violence while under the licensee’s care, the licensee shall, as soon as possible, report that injury or act of violence to the […]
1597.52. (a) Licensing reviews of a family day care home for children shall be limited to health and safety considerations and shall not include any reviews of the content of any educational or training programs of the facility. (b) No home shall be licensed or registered as a large family day care home after January […]
1597.53. No family day care home for children shall be licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), but shall be subject to licensure exclusively in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70) which shall apply to family day care homes. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1615, Sec. 14.)
1597.531. (a) All family day care homes for children shall maintain in force either liability insurance covering injury to clients and guests in the amount of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per occurrence and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) in the total annual aggregate, sustained on account of the negligence of the licensee or […]
1597.54. (a) All family daycare homes for children, shall apply for a license under this chapter, except that any home that, on June 28, 1981, had a valid and unexpired license to operate as a family daycare home for children under other provisions of law shall be deemed to have a license under this chapter for […]
1597.541. (a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding age-appropriate immunization requirements for enrolled children for family day care homes. (b) All family day care homes for children shall maintain evidence that enrolled children have met the age-appropriate immunization requirements adopted pursuant to this section. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1316, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, […]
1597.542. (a) The Division of Child Care Licensing in the department shall clearly differentiate degrees of violations of the regulations adopted for purposes of this chapter by the impact upon children in care. (b) The department shall implement this section only to the extent funds are available in accordance with Section 18285.5 of the Welfare […]
1597.543. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall update the building and fire standards necessary to implement the sections of this chapter relating to life and fire safety, including, but not limited to, Sections 1597.455 and 1597.46, and shall publish the updates in the California Code of Regulations (CCR) in the next Title 19 and Title 24 […]
1597.55a. (a) Every family day care home shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department, as provided in this section. The department shall inspect these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality of care provided. (b) The department shall conduct an announced site inspection prior to the initial licensing of the applicant. (c) The department […]
