New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter C - Social Services › Article 2 - Family and Children's Services › Part 416 - Group Family Day Care Homes › Section 416.6 - Transportation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The licensee
			 must obtain written consent on forms furnished by the office or approved
			 equivalents from the parent of the child for any transportation of the children
			 in care at the group family day care home provided or arranged for by a
			 caregiver.
(b) Parents must be
			 informed when the person who is providing transportation changes.
(c) Parents must be informed of and agree to
			 a transportation plan.
(d) A child
			 must never be left unattended in any motor vehicle or other form of
			 transportation.
(e) Each child must
			 board or leave a vehicle from the curb side of the street.
(f) All children must be secured in child
			 safety seats properly installed per manufacturers recommendations, or with
			 safety belts, as appropriate for the age of the child in accordance with the
			 requirements of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, before any child may be
			 transported in a motor vehicle where such transportation is provided or
			 arranged for by the licensee.
(g)
			 Programs that offer transportation services either directly or by contract with
			 a third party must ensure that drivers and vehicles meet all Department of
			 Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation requirements.
(h) Drivers must be 18 years of age or older
			 and hold a current valid license to drive the class of vehicle they are
			 operating.
(i) Any motor vehicle,
			 other than a public form of transportation, used to transport children in care
			 at the group family day care home must have a current registration and
			 inspection sticker.
(j) Parents
			 whose children receive transportation services must receive, at the time of
			 enrollment of their children, a copy of the program's transportation plan. If
			 the plan is amended, parents must receive a copy of the amended plan prior to
			 its start date.
(k) No caregiver,
			 employee, household member or volunteer transporting child care children shall
			 operate a motor vehicle while using a mobile phone, or other electronic
			 communication device, including hands-free devices. All communications made or
			 received by the driver while the motor vehicle is in use for the transportation
			 of child care children must be made from a legally permitted parked position
			 off the road.
(l) The program must
			 openly display daily transportation schedules.
(m) Child care programs are prohibited from
			 transporting child care children in a vehicle built to hold more than 10
			 passengers, including the driver, unless the vehicle: meets the National
			 Highway Traffic Safety Administration definition of a school bus or a
			 multifunction school activity bus; complies with the National Highway Traffic
			 Safety Administration Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards applicable to a
			 school bus or multifunction school activity bus; and is inspected per New York
			 State Department of Transportation rules and regulations.