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 417 - Family Day Care Homes › Section 417.6 - Transportation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The registrant
			 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 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 registrant.
(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 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.