§ 101215.1. Child Care Center Director Qualifications and Duties.
22 CA ADC § 101215.1Barclays Official California Code of RegulationsEffective: October 1, 2023
Effective: October 1, 2023
22 CCR § 101215.1
§ 101215.1. Child Care Center Director Qualifications and Duties.
(c) The child care center director shall be responsible for the operation of the center, for compliance with regulations, and for communications with the Department; and has the authority to acknowledge receipt of deficiency notices and to correct deficiencies that constitute immediate threats to children's health and safety.
(f) When the child care center director is absent from the center, arrangements shall be made for a fully qualified teacher as specified in Section 101216.1(c) to act as a substitute. This substitute child care center director shall be aware of center operations, including total enrollment; shall be trained in program operation; and shall be designated as an authorized person to correct operational deficiencies that constitute immediate threats to children's health and safety.
(g) A licensee who is responsible for two or more centers may serve as the child care center director of one of the centers provided that he/she meets the qualifications specified in (h) below, or may serve as the executive director of all of the centers provided that a qualified child care center director is employed for each individual center.
(1) High school graduation or GED; completion, with passing grades, of 15 semester or equivalent quarter units as specified in (h)(1)(A) and (h)(1)(B) below at an accredited or approved college or university; and at least four years of teaching experience in a licensed child care center or comparable group child care program.
(i) Approved schools, colleges or universities, including correspondence courses offered by the same, means those approved/authorized by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, or by the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education.
(l) Each year of experience required in (h)(1), (h)(2) or (h)(3) above shall be verified as having been performed satisfactorily, at least three hours per day for a minimum of 100 days in a calendar year, as a teacher under the supervision of a person who would qualify as a director under this chapter.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Section 1596.81, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1596.72, 1596.73, 1596.866, 1596.87, 1597.05 and 1597.055, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. Renumbering of former section 101315 to new section 101215.1, including amendment of section heading, section and Note, filed 9-14-98; operative 11-1-98 (Register 98, No. 38).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (m) filed 4-11-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 15).
3. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 8-28-2023; operative 10-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 35).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 22, § 101215.1, 22 CA ADC § 101215.1
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