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Minnesota Administrative Rules › DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 9503 › Part 9503.0031

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Subpart 1. General requirements for a director. A director must: A. be at least 18 years old; B. be a graduate of a high school or hold an equivalent diploma attained through successful completion of the commissioner of education-selected high school equivalency test; C. have at least 1,040 hours of paid or unpaid staff supervision experience; and D. have at least nine quarter credits or 90 hours earned in any combination of accredited courses in staff supervision, human relations, and child development. Subp. 2. Additional requirements. If a director functions as a teacher or develops or revises the child care program plan, the director must meet the qualifications of a teacher specified in part 9503.0032 .

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