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 414 - School-age Child Care › Section 414.6 - Transportation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The program
			 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 school-age child care program provided or arranged for by the
			 program.
(b) When transportation is
			 provided or arranged for by the program, parents must be informed when the
			 person who is providing transportation changes.
(c) Parents must be informed of and agree to
			 a transportation plan before a child can be transported by the
			 program.
(d) A child must never be
			 left unattended in any motor vehicle or other form of transportation. The
			 program must develop and follow procedures to guarantee no children are left
			 alone on a bus, vehicle or other transportation modes without adult supervision
			 at any time, including insuring all children have departed the
			 vehicle.
(e) Each child must board
			 or leave a vehicle from the curbside of the street.
(f) All children must be secured in child
			 safety seats properly installed per manufactures recommendation, 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 program.
(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 school age child care program 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 person
			 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) 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.