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... preservation center" means a certified children's crisis care facility or residential infant care center that has as its primary purpose the preservation of families.

...ho holds an active license to operate a children's crisis care facility under section 5103.13 of the Revised Code or a residential infant care center under section 5103.602 of the Revised Code may apply to the director of children and youth to obtain a certificate as a family preservation center under this section.

...(A) The director of children and youth shall certify the person's family preservation center if the center complies with all of the requirements imposed under section 5103.614 of the Revised Code and all of the rules adopted under section 5103.617 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall not issue a waiver to a person of compliance with any of the requirements imposed under this section or any of the rules adop...

...ns, or the council on accreditation for children and family services; (B) Obtain and maintain certification by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction services; (C) Provide family preservation programs informed by evidence-based or promising practices, including all of the following: (1) Family case management; (2) Service referral and linkage; (3) Parent education; (4) Trauma screening and hea...

...The director of children and youth may suspend or revoke a family preservation center's certificate pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the center violates or fails to comply with section 5103.614 of the Revised Code or any of the rules adopted under section 5103.617 of the Revised Code.

...ety days June 13, 2022, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the certification of family preservation centers.

...(A) Whoever violates section 5103.03 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 5103.15, 5103.16, or 5103.17 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

...n of a center, type A home, or approved child day camp. The administrator and the owner may be the same person. (B) "Approved child day camp" means a child day camp approved pursuant to section 5104.22 of the Revised Code. (C) "Authorized representative" means an individual employed by a center, type A home, or approved child day camp that is owned by a person other than an individual and who is authorized by t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Child" includes both of the following: (a) An infant, toddler, or preschool age child; (b) A school-age child who is not enrolled in a public or nonpublic school but is enrolled in a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home or receives child care from a certified in-home aide. (2) "In the process of being immunized" means...

...The director of children and youth, in addition to the rules adopted under section 5104.015 of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules establishing minimum requirements for child care centers. The rules shall include the requirements set forth in sections 5104.032 to 5104.034 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in section 5104.07 of the Revised Code, the rules shall not change the square footage requirements of secti...

...The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the licensure of type B family child care homes. The rules shall provide for safeguarding the health, safety, and welfare of children receiving child care or publicly funded child care in a licensed type B family child care home and shall include all of the following: (A) Requirements for the type B h...

...The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the certification of in-home aides. The rules shall provide for safeguarding the health, safety, and welfare of children receiving publicly funded child care in their own home and shall include the following: (A) Standards for ensuring that the child's home and the physical surroundings of the child's...

...To the extent that any rules adopted for the purposes of this chapter require a health care professional to perform a physical examination, the rules shall include as a health care professional a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife.

...(A) The director of children and youth shall do all of the following: (1) Provide or make available in either paper or electronic form to each licensee notice of proposed rules governing the licensure of child care centers, type A homes, and type B homes; (2) Give public notice of hearings regarding the proposed rules at least thirty days prior to the date of the public hearing, in accordance with section 119.0...

...on of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth shall not regulate in any way under this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, instruction in religious or moral doctrines, beliefs, or values.

...he program complies with all applicable reporting requirements in the same manner as required by the department of education and workforce for nonchartered, nonpublic primary and secondary schools. (d) The program is associated with a nonchartered, nontax-supported primary or secondary school. (10) A program that provides activities for children who are five years of age or older and is operated by a county, to...

...The director of children and youth may issue a child care center or type A family child care home license to a youth development program that is exempted by division (B)(8) of section 5104.02 of the Revised Code from the requirements of this chapter if the youth development program applies for and meets all of the requirements for the license.

...In no case shall the director of children and youth issue a license to operate a type A family child care home if the type A home is certified as a foster home or specialized foster home pursuant to Chapter 5103. of the Revised Code. In no case shall the director issue a license to operate a type B family child care home if the type B home is certified as a specialized foster home pursuant to Chapter 5103. of the Rev...

...ution, or agency seeking to establish a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home shall apply for a license to the director of children and youth on such form as the director prescribes. The director shall provide at no charge to each applicant for licensure a copy of the child care license requirements in this chapter and a copy of the rules adopted pursuant to this ...

...(A) The child care center shall have, for each child for whom the center is licensed, at least thirty-five square feet of usable indoor floor space wall-to-wall regularly available for the child care operation exclusive of any parts of the structure in which the care of children is prohibited by law or by rules adopted by the board of building standards. The minimum of thirty-five square feet of usable indoor floor s...

...(A)(1) A child care center shall have at least two responsible adults available on the premises at all times when seven or more children are in the center. The center shall organize the children in the center in small groups, shall provide child care staff to give continuity of care and supervision to the children on a day-by-day basis, and shall ensure that no child is left alone or unsupervised. Except as otherwise...

...ber who has completed a course in child abuse recognition and prevention training which is approved by the department of children and youth.

...purpose of tuberculosis screening, each child care center shall determine if the person has done both of the following: (1) Resided in a country identified by the world health organization as having a high burden of tuberculosis; (2) Arrived in the United States within the five years immediately preceding the date of application for employment. (C) If the person meets the criteria described in division (B) o...

...The administrator of each child care center shall maintain enrollment, health, and attendance records for all children attending the center and health and employment records for all center employees. The records shall be confidential, except that they shall be disclosed by the administrator to the director of children and youth upon request for the purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter and rules adopted...

...dential parent and legal custodian of a child enrolled in a child care center and any custodian or guardian of such a child shall be permitted unlimited access to the center during its hours of operation for the purposes of contacting their children, evaluating the care provided by the center, evaluating the premises of the center, or for other purposes approved by the director. A parent of a child enrolled in a chil...