Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 408 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR GROUP DAY CARE HOMES › Section 408.35 - General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each person subject to background checks,
				as defined in Section
				408.5, shall
				authorize the background check required by 89 Ill. Adm. Code 385 (Background
				Checks) and be cleared in accordance with the requirements of Part
				385.
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
				408.55, 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.
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
				408.65
				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
				408.115 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.
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.