Section 2009.35 General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION

CHAPTER XI: DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

PART 2009 LICENSING STANDARDS FOR GROUP DAY CARE HOMES

SECTION 2009.35 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUP DAY CARE HOME FAMILY

Section 2009.35  General

Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

a)         Each person subject to background checks, as defined in

Section 2009.5, shall authorize the background check required by 23 Ill. Adm.

Code 2010 (Background Checks) and be cleared in accordance with the

requirements of Part 2010.

b)         When notified by the Department that an employee, member of

the household or other person in frequent contact with children at the facility

is the subject of a formal investigation for child abuse or neglect pursuant to

the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act [325 ILCS 5], the licensee shall

take reasonable action to insure that the employee or other person is

restricted from contact with children whose care has been entrusted to the

facility during the pending investigation.  Such reasonable action includes,

but is not limited to, barring or removing the person from the facility or

assuring that another adult is always present when the subject of the

investigation is in contact with children.

c)         The licensee shall be present in the home when children are in

attendance unless a qualified substitute caregiver, per Section 2009.55, is

present.

d)         Licensees and other adult members of the household in contact

with group day care children shall be stable, law abiding, responsible, mature

individuals.

e)         Members of the household who have contact with the children in

care shall treat them with respect, courtesy, and patience

ldren are in

attendance unless a qualified substitute caregiver, per Section 2009.55, is

present.

d)         Licensees and other adult members of the household in contact

with group day care children shall be stable, law abiding, responsible, mature

individuals.

e)         Members of the household who have contact with the children in

care shall treat them with respect, courtesy, and patience.

f)         The caregivers and all members of the household shall provide

medical evidence that they are free of communicable disease that may be

transmitted while providing child care; and, in the case of caregivers, that

they are free of physical or mental conditions that could interfere with child

care responsibilities.  The medical report for the caregivers shall be valid

for 3 years.

g)         Caregivers and members of the household shall have a

tuberculin skin test administered by the Mantoux method in accordance with the

rules of the Department of Public Health (77 Ill. Adm. Code 690.720).

h)         Should the caregivers or any member of the household be

diagnosed as having a communicable disease for which isolation is required by

the Department of Public Health (IDPH) or local health department, the group

day care home shall not provide child care until notified by the public health

agency that the infectious period has elapsed and that child care may resume.

Further, if a child care assistant or substitute who does not reside in the

group day care home has been diagnosed as having a communicable disease for

which isolation is required, that person shall be barred from the home until

the presence of such person is authorized by the IDPH or the local health

department

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agency that the infectious period has elapsed and that child care may resume.

Further, if a child care assistant or substitute who does not reside in the

group day care home has been diagnosed as having a communicable disease for

which isolation is required, that person shall be barred from the home until

the presence of such person is authorized by the IDPH or the local health

department.

i)          During  hours of operation of the group day care home, there

shall be at least one person on the premises certified in first aid, the

Heimlich maneuver and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by the American Red

Cross, the American Heart Association or other entity approved by the Illinois

Department of Public Health.  CPR certification shall be for the age range of

children in care.  The caregivers shall have on file current certificates

attesting to the training.

j)          The operators of the group day care home shall carry public

liability insurance in the single limit minimum amount of $100,000 per

occurrence.

k)         Persons, including members of the household, counted in the

staff-to-child ratio required by Section 2009.65 must be present, awake and

free from responsibilities other than those directly related to the care and

supervision of children when children are present, except as allowed by Section

2009.115 for night care.  Responsibilities that are directly related to the

care and supervision of children may include light housekeeping to maintain the

areas wherein child care is provided.

l)          Caregivers, assistants and other persons shall not consume

alcohol in the presence of children.  A caregiver or child care assistant who

appears to be under the influence of alcohol or other drug shall not have

responsibility of the care of children

related to the

care and supervision of children may include light housekeeping to maintain the

areas wherein child care is provided.

l)          Caregivers, assistants and other persons shall not consume

alcohol in the presence of children.  A caregiver or child care assistant who

appears to be under the influence of alcohol or other drug shall not have

responsibility of the care of children.

m)        If the group day care home receives children for night-time

care, the caregiver may sleep while children are present if the caregiver and

the children sleep on the same floor (level) of the residence and the

children's bedrooms are within hearing distance of the caregiver's bedroom.

n)         No

person shall smoke tobacco in the group day care home while services are being

provided to children. In addition, no person shall smoke tobacco while

providing transportation, in either an open or enclosed motor vehicle, to

children who are receiving child care services (see PA 95-17 and 225 ILCS

10/5.5).

o)         The licensee shall successfully complete a Department approved

basic course of 6 or more clock hours in providing care to children with

disabilities.  Refer to Appendix G for basic course requirements.  The licensee

shall have on file a certificate attesting to the successful completion of the

training.

1)         Current license holders shall complete this training within 36

months from November 15, 2003.

2)         New licensees shall complete this training within 36 months

from the issue date of the initial license.

3)         A licensee who has completed training prior to November 15,

2003

may have that

training approved as meeting the provisions of this Section.  A certificate of

training completion and a description of the course content must be submitted

to the Department for approval

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2)         New licensees shall complete this training within 36 months

from the issue date of the initial license.

3)         A licensee who has completed training prior to November 15,

2003

may have that

training approved as meeting the provisions of this Section.  A certificate of

training completion and a description of the course content must be submitted

to the Department for approval.

p)         Any

children under age 12 living in the home who are receiving home schooling shall

be counted in the maximum of 12 children in Section 2009.65(a) and (b), unless

another parent or caregiver is providing the schooling apart from the day care

area and the caregiver has no responsibility for the care or supervision or

schooling of the children during the hours home day care is provided.