Chapter 14.1. Early Childhood Care and EducationRead Chapter
- Article 1. General ProvisionsRead all
- § 22.1-289.02
- Definitions
- § 22.1-289.03
- Early childhood care and education system; establishment; need-based and demand-based funding
- § 22.1-289.04
- Early childhood care and education advisory committee
- § 22.1-289.05
- Uniform measurement and improvement system; regional entities; establishment
- § 22.1-289.06
- Confidential records and information; penalty
- § 22.1-289.07
- Information related to shaken baby syndrome
- § 22.1-289.08
- Board to investigate child day programs at direction of Governor
- § 22.1-289.08:1
- Child Care Subsidy Program Overpayment Fund
- § 22.1-289.08:2
- Child Care Subsidy Program; categorical eligibility for certain families
- Article 2. Virginia Preschool InitiativeRead all
- § 22.1-289.09
- Programs designed to promote educational opportunities
- Article 3. LicensureRead all
- § 22.1-289.010
- Application fees; regulations and schedules; use of fees; certain facilities, centers and agencies exempt
- § 22.1-289.011
- Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of participants or children; posting of licenses
- § 22.1-289.012
- Local government to report business licenses issued to child day centers and family day homes
- § 22.1-289.013
- Investigation on receipt of application
- § 22.1-289.014
- Variances
- § 22.1-289.015
- Voluntary registration of family day homes; inspections; investigation upon receipt of complaint; revocation or suspension of registration
- § 22.1-289.016
- Unlicensed and unregistered family day homes; notice to parents
- § 22.1-289.017
- Compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code
- § 22.1-289.018
- Inspections and interviews
- § 22.1-289.019
- Inspections of child day programs and family day systems; prioritization
- § 22.1-289.020
- Issuance or refusal of license; notification; provisional and conditional licenses
- § 22.1-289.021
- Records and reports
- § 22.1-289.022
- Enforcement and sanctions; child day programs and family day systems; revocation and denial
- § 22.1-289.023
- Enforcement and sanctions; special orders; civil penalties
- § 22.1-289.024
- Appeal from refusal, denial of renewal, or revocation of license
- § 22.1-289.025
- Right to appeal notice of intent; child day programs and family day systems operated by agencies of the Commonwealth
- § 22.1-289.026
- Injunction against operation without license
- § 22.1-289.027
- Offenses; penalty
- § 22.1-289.028
- Misleading advertising prohibited
- § 22.1-289.029
- Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth
- Article 4. Unlicensed ProgramsRead all
- § 22.1-289.030
- Exemptions from licensure
- § 22.1-289.031
- Child day center operated by religious institution exempt from licensure; annual statement and documentary evidence required; enforcement; injunctive relief
- § 22.1-289.032
- Certification of preschool or nursery school programs operated by accredited private schools; provisional certification; annual statement and documentary evidence required; enforcement; injunctive relief
- § 22.1-289.033
- Inspection of unlicensed child care operations; inspection warrant
- Article 5. Background ChecksRead all
- § 22.1-289.034
- Barrier crime; construction
- § 22.1-289.035
- Licensed child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems; employment for compensation or use as volunteers of persons convicted of or found to have committed certain offenses prohibited; national background check required; penalty
- § 22.1-289.036
- Background check upon application for licensure, registration, or approval as child day center, family day home, or family day system; penalty
- § 22.1-289.037
- Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background check
- § 22.1-289.038
- Child day programs and family day systems; criminal conviction and waiver
- § 22.1-289.039
- Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty
- § 22.1-289.040
- Child day centers and family day homes receiving federal, state, or local child care funds; eligibility requirements
- § 22.1-289.041
- Sex offender or child abuser prohibited from operating or residing in family day home; penalty
- Article 6. ComplaintsRead all
- § 22.1-289.042
- Establishment of toll-free telephone line for complaints; investigation on receipt of complaints
- § 22.1-289.043
- Confidentiality of complainant's identity
- § 22.1-289.044
- Retaliation or discrimination against complainants
- § 22.1-289.045
- Retaliation against reports of child abuse or neglect
- Article 7. Regulations and Interdepartmental CooperationRead all
- § 22.1-289.046
- Regulations for child day programs and family day systems
- § 22.1-289.047
- Interagency agreements; cooperation of Department with other departments
- § 22.1-289.048
- Program leaders and child-care supervisors at licensed child day centers; approved credential
- Article 8. Facilities and ProgramsRead all
- § 22.1-289.049
- Regulated child day programs to require proof of child identity and age; report to law-enforcement agencies
- § 22.1-289.050
- Insurance notice requirements for family day homes; civil penalty
- § 22.1-289.051
- Dual licenses for certain child day centers
- § 22.1-289.052
- Asbestos inspection required for child day centers
- § 22.1-289.053
- Delay in acting on application or in notification
- § 22.1-289.054
- Visitation by parents or guardians in child day programs
- § 22.1-289.055
- Public funds to be withheld for serious or persistent violations
- § 22.1-289.055:1
- Programs offered at certain residential private school
- § 22.1-289.056
- Storage of firearms in certain family day homes
- § 22.1-289.057
- Child day programs and certain other programs; potable water; lead testing
- § 22.1-289.058
- Child day programs and certain other programs; carbon monoxide detectors
- § 22.1-289.059
- Possession and administration of an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine by employees