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...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...

...e 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) of this...

...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...

...ustodian 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 child care center who is not t...

...gating, inspecting, and licensing child care centers, type A family child care homes, and licensed type B family child care homes. (B)(1)(a) The department shall, at least once during every twelve-month period of operation of a center, type A home, or licensed type B home, inspect the center, type A home, or licensed type B home. The department shall inspect a part-time center or part-time type A home at least onc...

...(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...

...ines 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 section, all of the following apply: (1) The lice...

... safety in licensed type B family child care homes. In accordance with those rules, the director shall inspect each type B home that applies to be licensed that is providing or is to provide publicly funded child care.

...partment 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 children and youth shall request an inspection of the type B home by the fire marshal, who shall inspect the type B home pursuant to section 3737.22 of th...

...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...

...nical 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 information regarding child abuse identification and reporting of chil...

... who shall manage and oversee all child care functions under the authority of the department.

...nistrator, 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 ...

... aides to provide publicly funded child care pursuant to this chapter and any rules adopted under it. Any in-home aide who receives a certificate pursuant to this section to provide 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...

...ng the licensure of type B family child care homes. The department may publish the guide electronically or otherwise and shall do so in a manner that the guide is accessible to the public, including type B home providers.

...ildren 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 readability expert to verify its compliance with this section.

...(A) The department of children and youth shall register child day camps and enforce this section and sections 5104.211 and 5104.22 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to those sections. No person, firm, organization, institution, or agency shall operate a child day camp without annually registering with the department. (B) A person, firm, institution, organization, or agency operating any of the fol...

...(A) The director of children and youth may periodically conduct a random sampling of child day camps to determine compliance with section 5104.013 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) No child day camp shall fail to comply with section 5104.013 of the Revised Code in regards to a person it appoints or employs. (2) If the director determines that a camp has violated division (B)(1) of this section, the director shall do ...

...dopt rules establishing a procedure and standards for the approval of child day camps that will enable an approved child day camp to receive public moneys pursuant to sections 5104.30 to 5104.39 of the Revised Code. The department of children and youth may charge a reasonable fee to inspect a child day camp to determine whether that child day camp meets the standards set forth in this section or in the rules adopted ...

... division (C) of this section, no child care center shall permit any person to smoke in any indoor or outdoor space that is part of the center. The administrator of a child care center shall post in a conspicuous place at the main entrance of the center a notice stating that smoking is prohibited in any indoor or outdoor space that is part of the center, except under the conditions described in division (C) of thi...

...state funding for publicly funded child care in this state. Publicly funded child care shall be provided to the following: (1) Recipients of transitional child care as provided under section 5104.34 of the Revised Code; (2) Participants in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (3) Individuals who would be participating in the Ohio works first program if not for a s...

...rganization of parent cooperative child care centers and parent cooperative type A family child care homes for recipients of publicly funded child care. A program established under this section may include any of the following: (A) Recruitment of parents interested in organizing a parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family child care home; (B) Provision of technical assistance in o...

...payment rates for publicly funded child care providers in each odd-numbered year, as required by section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth may contract with a third-party entity to analyze information regarding the prices charged for child care for the subsequent even-numbered year.

...(A) Publicly funded child care may be provided only by the following: (1) Any of the following licensed by the department of children and youth pursuant to section 5104.03 of the Revised Code or pursuant to rules adopted under section 5104.018 of the Revised Code: (a) A child care center, including a parent cooperative child care center; (b) A type A family child care home, including a parent cooperative typ...