§ 390-a. Standards and training for child day care. * 1. All office\nof children and family services and municipal staff employed to accept\nregistrations, issue licenses or conduct inspections of child day care\nhomes, programs or facilities, subject to the amounts appropriated\ntherefor, shall receive training in at least the following: regulations\npromulgated by the office of children and family services pursuant to\nsection three hundred ninety of this title; child abuse prevention and\nidentification; safety and security procedures in child day care\nsettings; the principles of childhood development, and the laws,\nregulations and procedures governing the protection of children from\nabuse or maltreatment.\n * NB Effective until June 10, 2026\n * 1. All office of children and family services and municipal staff\nemployed to accept registrations, issue licenses or conduct inspections\nof child day care homes, programs or facilities, subject to the amounts\nappropriated therefor, shall receive: (a) training in at least the\nfollowing: regulations promulgated by the office of children and family\nservices pursuant to section three hundred ninety of this title; child\nabuse prevention and identification; safety and security procedures in\nchild day care settings; the principles of childhood development, and\nthe laws, regulations and procedures governing the protection of\nchildren from abuse or maltreatment; and (b) guidance on identification\nof circumstances that may indicate the presence of controlled substances\nand referrals to law enforcement.\n * NB Effective June 10, 2026\n 2. No license or registration shall be issued to a family day care\nhome, group family day care home, school age child care program or child\nday care center and no such registration or license shall be renewed\nuntil it can be demonstrated by the employer or licensing agency that\nthere is a procedure developed and implemented, in accordance with\nsection three hundred ninety-b of this title and pursuant to regulations\nof the office of children and family services, to:\n (a) review and evaluate the backgrounds of and information supplied by\nany person applying to be a child day care center or school-age child\ncare program employee or volunteer or group family day care assistant, a\nprovider of family day care or group family day care, or a director of a\nchild day care center, head start day care center or school-age child\ncare program. Such procedures shall include but not be limited to the\nfollowing requirements: that the applicant set forth his or her\nemployment history, provide personal and employment references; submit\nsuch information as is required for screening with the statewide central\nregister of child abuse and maltreatment in accordance with the\nprovisions of section four hundred twenty-four-a of this article; sign a\nsworn statement indicating whether, to the best of his or her knowledge,\nhe or she has ever been convicted of a crime in this state or any other\njurisdiction; and provide his or her fingerprints for submission to the\ndivision of criminal justice services in accordance with the provisions\nof section three hundred ninety-b of this title;\n (b) establish relevant minimal experiential and educational\nqualifications for employees and directors of child day care centers or\nhead start day care center programs;\n (c) assure adequate and appropriate supervision of employees and\nvolunteers of group family day care homes, family day care homes, child\nday care centers and school-age child care programs; and\n (d) demonstrate, in the case of child day care centers, group family\nday care homes, family day care homes and school-age child care programs\nthe existence of specific procedures which will assure the safety of a\nchild who is reported to the state central register of child abuse and\nmaltreatment as well as other children provided care by such homes,\ncenters or programs, immediately upon notific
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