Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 57.015 - Exemptions from licensure requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following
				  facilities or programs are exempt from the licensure requirements of AS 47.32
				  and this chapter:
(1) a facility in which
				  child care is regularly provided and each child's parent is on the premises
				  within reasonable proximity and accessibility to the child;
(2) a facility located on a United States
				  Department of Defense or United States Coast Guard installation that is located
				  on federal property, or a facility certified as a family child care provider by
				  a branch of the United States Department of Defense or by the United States
				  Coast Guard;
(3) a recreational
				  program that allows children to attend but that does not assume responsibility
				  for care of the children;
(4) a
				  daytime therapeutic program of supervised, educational, and rehabilitative
				  services for children with special needs as described in
				  7 AAC 57.940, or with behavioral problems;
(5) a program whose primary function is
				  educational and that
(A) is certified as a
				  pre-elementary school under
				  AS
				  14.07.020 and 4 AAC 60;
(B) serves children ages three through five
				  years and, under
				  4 AAC 60.020, is exempt from 4 AAC 60; or
(C) is operated as a Head Start preschool
				  program required to meet standards established under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  9836 a;
(6) a temporary facility that provides care
				  for one specific one-time occurrence scheduled for less than five weeks in any
				  12-month period, including a conference or weekend seminar; for purposes of
				  this paragraph, a temporary facility does not include a day camp or similar
				  facility or program described in (11) of this subsection;
(7) a facility that regularly provides care
				  to four or fewer children who are not relatives of the caregiver; "regularly
				  provides care" means that a child is enrolled for regular care, regardless of
				  whether that child receives full-time or part-time care;
(8) a facility in which the caregiver is a
				  relative of all of the children;
(9) a facility in which the caregiver is
				  caring for a child in the child's own home, regardless of whether the caregiver
				  is a relative of the child;
(10) a
				  public or private elementary school program, kindergarten through grade six,
				  lasting seven or fewer hours each day; the exemption in this paragraph does not
				  apply to child care provided at the school site before or after
				  school;
(11) subject to (b) of this
				  section, a day camp or similar facility or program that
(A) holds a current accreditation or
				  certification from the American Camping Association or another national
				  accreditation group with standards the department finds are substantially
				  similar to the requirements of this chapter; a facility or program that
				  believes it should be exempt under this paragraph shall submit the standards to
				  the department for review and approval;
(B) provides services for children age five
				  years and older;
(C) operates more
				  than five weeks in any 12-month period; and
(D) operates only during summer, winter, and
				  spring school breaks.