(A) What are the
requirements for staff/child ratios and maximum group size for a licensed
family child care provider?
(1) Each child care
staff member shall care for no more than six children at any one time. No more
than three of those children may be under two years of age.
(2) The family
child care provider shall not exceed the license capacity at any time when
caring for children during the provider's hours of operation.
(3) The family
child care provider shall ensure that the required staff/child ratios are
maintained at all times including during routine trips and field trips.
(B) What children
in the home are counted in ratio and group size?
(1) Any child
present at the home who meets any of the following shall be counted in the
group size:
(a) All children
under six years old, including those related to the provider, the provider's
own children and residents of the family child care home.
(b) Children six
years old through fourteen years old who are not related to the provider.
(c) Children six
years old up to fifteen years old who are related to the provider and for whom
care is privately or publicly funded.
(d) Children
fifteen years old through seventeen years old who are authorized to the
provider for publicly funded child care pursuant to Chapter 5101:2-16 of the
Administrative Code.
(e) Foster children
shall be counted as a child not related to the provider.
(2) If the parent
of a child is also present and caring for the child, the child does not count
in group size, unless the parent is the licensed family child care provider, a
resident of the family child care home, an employee, a child care staff member
or a substitute.
(C) What are the
requirements for providers to keep an attendance record?
(1) The provider shall have written
documentation of the following for each child:
(a) The name and birth date of the child.
(b) The assigned group for the child.
(c) The child's weekly schedule.
(d) The time (hours and minutes) of the
child's arrival and departure to the program, including transportation by the
program. The Ohio electronic child care (Ohio ECC) provider website (Pweb)
cannot be used to meet this written documentation requirement.
(e) The written documentation shall be kept
for a period of one year. Attendance documentation shall remain at the home at
all times.
(2) Each group shall have a method for
tracking the children in the group. This tracking method shall include the
child's name and date of birth and shall remain with the group at all times
throughout the day including outdoor play, emergency evacuations and when
groups are combined. The tracking shall be updated throughout the day as
children enter or leave the group.
(1) The provider and child care staff member
shall maintain a daily attendance record. Attendance records shall remain with
the group at all times throughout the day including outdoor play and emergency
evacuations. The attendance shall be updated throughout the day as children
enter or leave the group.
(2) The attendance record shall contain all
of the following information:
(a) The names and birth dates of each child
in the group.
(b) The name of the child care staff members
responsible for the group.
(c) The child's weekly schedule.
(d) The time (hours and minutes) of the
child's arrival and departure to the group.
(3) A copy of attendance records shall
remain at the home at all times.
(4) The written records of attendance shall
be kept for a period of one year.
Effective: 10/29/2017
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 12/31/2021
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 10/12/2017
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5104.017, 5104.018
Rule Amplifies: 5104.017, 5104.018, 5104.01
Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/82, 5/20/83, 9/1/86, 9/5/86, 5/1/89,
10/15/96, 7/1/03, 9/1/05, 1/1/07, 10/1/97 (Emer.), 12/30/97, 4/1/03, 8/14/08,
9/29/11, 1/1/14, 12/31/16