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 416.11 - Health and infection control

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Child enrollment requirements for
			 children not enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade.
(1) No child may be accepted for care in a
			 child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written
			 statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to
			 participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or
			 communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed
			 within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.
(2) The written medical statement from the
			 health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special
			 health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be
			 necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the
			 written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program
			 that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the
			 day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care
			 provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child
			 is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also
			 address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional
			 competencies that the caregivers will need to have in order to carry out the
			 health care plan for the child.
(3)
			 The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to
			 date, in accordance with New York Public Health Law.
(4) A program may admit any child not yet
			 immunized provided the child's immunizations are in process, and the parent
			 gives the program specific appointment dates for required immunizations in
			 accordance with the requirements of New York Public Health Law.
(5) [
Reserved
].
(6) Any child who is missing one or more of
			 the required immunizations may be admitted if a physician licensed to practice
			 medicine in New York State furnishes the program with a signed, completed
			 medical exemption form issued by the New York State Department of Health or New
			 York City Department of Education. The medical exemption must be reissued
			 annually.
(7) With the exception of
			 children meeting the criteria of paragraph (6) of this subdivision, children
			 enrolled in child day care must remain current with their immunizations in
			 accordance with the current schedule for required immunizations established in
			 the New York Public Health Law.
(8)
			 The caregivers' children receiving care in the home must meet the health and
			 immunization requirements of this section.
(9) The program must try to obtain a copy of
			 a lead screening certificate for each child under the age of six years. If the
			 parent does not have one, the program may not exclude the child from child day
			 care, but must give the parent information on lead poisoning and prevention,
			 and refer the parent to the child's health care provider or the local health
			 department for a lead blood screening test.