Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 406 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR DAY CARE HOMES › Section 406.12 - Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				No child served in a day care home shall remain on the premises for more than
				12 hours in any 24-hour period, unless the parent's employment schedule
				requires more than 12 hours of day care. Regardless of the parent's work or
				training schedule, at no time shall children cared for in a day care facility
				remain on the premises for more than 18 consecutive hours.
b) Prior to acceptance of a child for care:
1) The caregiver shall require that the
				parent accompany the child to the home to become acquainted with the caregiver
				and with the service to be provided.
2) No child under 6 years of age may be
				admitted to the day care home unless the health examination, complete with lead
				risk assessment if the child resides in an area defined as low risk by the
				Department of Public Health, or a screening for lead poisoning if the child
				resides in an area defined as high risk by DPH (see 77 Ill. Adm. Code 845 (Lead
				Poisoning Prevention Code)), has been completed as required by DPH rules at 77
				Ill. Adm. Code 665 (Child Health Examination Code).
3) The caregiver shall require that the
				parent provide a certified copy of the child's birth certificate. The
				caregiver:
A) Shall provide a written notice
				to the parent of a child to be
enrolled for the first time that within
				30 days
after enrollment the parent shall
provide a certified
				copy of the child's birth certificate or other reliable proof of identity and
				age of the child
.
i) The caregiver
				shall promptly make a copy of the certified copy and return the original
				certified copy to the parent.
ii)
				If a certified copy of the birth certificate is not available, the parent must
				submit
a passport, visa or other governmental documentation as proof of
				the child's identity and age
and
an affidavit
or
				notarized letter
explaining the inability to produce a certified copy
				of the birth certificate
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.
iii) The notice to parent shall also indicate
				that the caregiver is required by law to notify the Illinois State Police or
				local law enforcement agency if the parent fails to submit proof of the child's
				identity within the 30 day time frame;
B) Shall notify the Illinois State Police or
				local law enforcement agency of the parent's or guardian's failure to submit a
				certified copy of the child's birth certificate or other reliable proof of
				identity. The caregiver shall also
notify the parent in writing that
				the
Illinois State Police or
local law enforcement
has been notified as required by law and that the parent
has 10
				additional days to comply
by submitting the required documentation;
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C)
Shall report to the
Illinois State Police or local law
				enforcement agency
any affidavit received which appears inaccurate or
				suspicious in form or content;
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D)
Shall flag the record of
a child enrolled at the day care who
				is reported by the Illinois State Police as a missing person, and
shall
				immediately report to the
Illinois State Police
any request
				concerning flagged records or knowledge as to the whereabouts of any
				missing
child. [325 ILCS
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