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... institution, or agency, as well as any individual governing board members, partners, or authorized representatives of the owner. (B) Any person, firm, organization, institution, 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 dire...

...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 space shall not include hallways, kitchens, storage areas, or any other areas that are not...

... eligible to be enrolled in a grade of kindergarten or above, but is less than eleven years old 18:1 36 (ii) Eleven through fourteen years old 20:1 40 (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the maximum number of children per child care staff member and maximum group...

...Each child care center shall have on the center premises and readily available at all times at least one child care staff member who has completed a course in first aid, one staff member who has completed a course in prevention, recognition, and management of communicable diseases which is approved by the state department of health, and a staff member who has completed a course in child abuse recognition and preventi...

...specimens. (1) If additional testing indicates active tuberculosis, then until the person is no longer infectious as determined by the county tuberculosis unit, the center shall not employ the person or, if employed, shall not allow the person to be physically present at the center's location. For purposes of this section, evidence that a person is no longer infectious shall consist of a written statement to th...

...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...

...(A) Any parent who is the residential 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...

...oring information system, it may use an indicator checklist to comply with division (B)(1) of this section. (C) The department may deny an application or revoke a license of a center, type A home, or licensed type B home, if the applicant knowingly submits falsified information to the department or if the center or home does not comply with the requirements of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter...

...(A) All type A family child care homes and licensed type B family child care homes shall procure and maintain one of the following: (1) Liability insurance issued by an insurer authorized to do business in this state under Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code insuring the type A or type B family child care home against liability arising out of, or in connection with, the operation of the family child care home. The i...

...r licensed type B home is charged by an indictment, information, or complaint with an offense relating to the abuse or neglect of a child. (4) The department or a county department of job and family services determines that the center, type A home, or licensed type B home created a serious risk to the health or safety of a child receiving child care in the center, type A home, or licensed type B home that resulted...

...(A) If the department of children and youth determines that an act or omission of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home constitutes a serious risk noncompliance, the licensee shall notify the caretaker parent of each child receiving care in the center or home of the department's determination. (B) With respect to the notice required by division (A) of this se...

...f a child care center, if the director finds, after investigation of the applicant and inspection of the center, that other requirements of this chapter, rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and the following requirements are met: (1) The buildings in which the center is housed, subsequent to any major modification, have been approved by the department of commerce or a certified municipal, township, or coun...

...the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code.

...nsed that is providing or is to provide publicly funded child care.

...As a precondition of approval by the department of education and workforce pursuant to section 3313.813 of the Revised Code for receipt of United States department of agriculture child and adult care food program funds established under the "National School Lunch Act," 60 Stat. 230 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 1751, as amended, the provider of child care in a type B family child care home that is not licensed by the director of...

...Any type B family child care home, whether licensed or not licensed by the director of children and youth, shall be considered to be a residential use of property for purposes of municipal, county, and township zoning and shall be a permitted use in all zoning districts in which residential uses are permitted. No municipal, county, or township zoning regulations shall require a conditional use permit or any other spe...

...(A) The director of children and youth shall provide consultation, technical assistance, and training to child care centers, type A family child care homes, and type B family child care homes to improve programs and facilities providing child care. As part of these activities, the director shall provide assistance in meeting the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and shall furnish...

...anizations that provide child care, and individuals under which the entities, organizations, or individuals may provide child care resource and referral services in the community with those funds, if the contracts are submitted to and approved by the department prior to execution.

...The department of children and youth shall employ at least one senior-level, full-time employee who shall manage and oversee all child care functions under the authority of the department.

...No administrator, employee, licensee, or child care staff member shall discriminate in the enrollment of children in a child care center, type A home, licensed type B home, or approved child day camp upon the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, or national origin.

...No employer shall discharge, demote, suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote, suspend, or in any manner discriminate against any employee based solely on the employee taking any of the following actions: (A) Making any good faith oral or written complaint to the director of children and youth or other agency responsible for enforcing Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code regarding a violation of this chapter or the ...

...rovide publicly funded child care is an independent contractor and is not an employee of the county department of job and family services that issues the certificate. (2) Every person desiring to receive certification as an in-home aide shall apply for certification to a county director of job and family services on such forms as the director of children and youth prescribes. A county director shall provide at no ...

...ner that the guide is accessible to the public, including type B home providers.

...All materials that are supplied by the department of children and youth to type A family child care home providers, type B family child care home providers, in-home aides, persons seeking to be type A family child care home providers, type B family child care home providers, or in-home aides, and caretaker parents shall be written at no higher than the sixth grade reading level. The department may employ a readabilit...

...the county department of health and the public children services agency of the county in which the child day camp is located; (2) That the child day camp administrator or the administrator's representative agrees to permit a public children services agency or the county department of health to review or inspect the child day camp if a complaint is made to that department or any other state department or public chi...