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DCF Child Care Facility Rules and Regulations
1. Florida Department of Children of Families
ANS This agency determines state rules pertaining to child care and enforces these rules by
licensing and inspectingchild care facilities.
2. Local Fire Department
ANS This agency inspects child care facilities and educateschild care professionals about
minimizing fires and other threats to safety.
3. Local County Health Department
ANS This agency establishes, regulates, and en-forces rules and local ordinances, which must
meet or exceed state standards.
4. Local Licensing Agencies
ANS This agency is responsible for making sure childcare facilities are inspected.
5. The Florida Statutes
ANS are made up by the individual laws which were passed bythe Legislature. Each year, new
statutes appear for the first time, some are rewrittenor amended, and some stay the same.
Statutes are written and proposed by the Florida Senate and House of Representatives. They are
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signed into law by the governor.
6. The Florida Administrative Code
ANS is made up of rules that are created by the Department of Children and Families and
enforced by the Depatment of Children and Families and many other state local agencies. Rules
and regulations are basedon the Florida Statutues. The Florida Department of Children and
Families governsmany aspects of child care in the state, and its staff members write the rules
and regulations that appear in the Florida Administrative Code.
7. The Americans with Disabilities Act
ANS passed in 1990, prohibits discrimination against people who are handicapped or disabled.
Its goals are to promote com- munity integration by prohibiting discrimination based on
disability; to create early intervention services for infants and todlers (ages birth to 3 years) with
special needsand their families; and to provide non-discriminatory, multidisciplinary evaluation
byqualified professionals.
8. What kinds of records are checked during a screening?
ANS Employment HistoryLocal criminal records check through local law enforcement agencies
Fingerprints
Statewide criminal record checks through the Department of Law EnforcementFederal criminal
records check through the FBI
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9. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
The licensing agency the applicant, in writing, that the license hasbeen
denied, and states why that decision was reached.
ANS notifies
10. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
If a local licensing agency denied the application, the applicant has
days to file a written request for a hearing.
ANS 15 days
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11. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
The local licensing agency must hold that hearing within days of the
applicant's request.
ANS 30 days
12. 402.3055 Child Care Personnel Requirements
If the denial stands, the applicant may to the Department of Childrenand
Families. The Department of Children and Families' hearing must be heldas described by
statute.
ANS appeal
13. 402.307 Approval of licensing agency
"Promulgation" means " ".This first subsection says that whenthe
Department of Children and Families announces minimum state stan- dards, each county
in Florida has to provide it with a copy of its own minimumstandards if they are different
from the State's.
ANS to publicly announce
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