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 418 - Day Care Centers › Subpart 418-2 - Small Day Care Centers › Section 418-2.11 - 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 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.