FL DCF 40 HRS, CHILD CARE FACILITIES RULE AND
REGULATIONS (RNRF)
1. DCF
*Answer√√ Department of Children and Families
2. DCF Responsibilities
*Answer√√ Administration of child care licensing and training
Ensuring children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, positive, and educational environment by trained, qualified
child care statt
This agency determines state rules pertaining to child care and enforces these rules by licensing and inspecting child
care facilities.
3. Child Care Professionals Roles and Responsibilities
*Answer√√ -must know, understand, and follow the laws and the rules and regulations to protect the
health and safety of children in care
-keep children safe
,-provide good nutrition and a healthy environment
-create a quality environment for learning
4. Name the key agencies that partner with the Department to regulate child
care.
*Answer√√ Local Fire Departments / Certified Fire Safety Inspectors
County Agencies
Local Licensing Agencies
5. Child care laws, rules, and regulations are in place to protect
*Answer√√ children, families, and child care professionals
6. Office of Child Care Regulation and Background Screening
*Answer√√ licensing authority, regulates licensed child care facilities in most counties in Florida
7. Local County Government Agencies
*Answer√√ Ettect childcare through Zoning and Building, Septic and Well, Etc...
8. City/Municipal Police Dept.
*Answer√√ Ettect childcare through back ground checks and screenings of child care providers
,9. Child Care
*Answer√√ care, protection and supervision of a child for a period of less than 24 hours on a regular basis,
which supplements parental care, enrichment, and health supervision for the child in accordance with his or her
individual needs, and for which a payment, fee or grant is made for care. (Defined in 402.302)
10. DCF's Office of Child Care Regulations mission
*Answer√√ To ensure the health, safety, and well being of the children of the state while in care
through licensing and regulatory activities
, 11. The licensing standards established by the Department address
*Answer√√ Physical Envi-ronment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical surroundings)
Children in Care (health, nutrition, and development)
12. Regulation
*Answer√√ a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority to regulate conduct
13. What is the intent of the Legislature?
*Answer√√ To protect the health and welfare of children To develop
a regulatory framework that promotes the growth and stability of the child care industry and facilitates the safe
physical, intellectual, motor, and social development of the child.
14. Child Care Regulation Program
*Answer√√ is responsible for regulating programs that provide services that meet the statutory
definition of "child care." This is accomplished
through the inspection of licensed child care programs to ensure the consistent statewide application of child care
standards established in statute and rule, and the registration of child care providers not subject to inspection.
15. Minimum Age Requirements
REGULATIONS (RNRF)
1. DCF
*Answer√√ Department of Children and Families
2. DCF Responsibilities
*Answer√√ Administration of child care licensing and training
Ensuring children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, positive, and educational environment by trained, qualified
child care statt
This agency determines state rules pertaining to child care and enforces these rules by licensing and inspecting child
care facilities.
3. Child Care Professionals Roles and Responsibilities
*Answer√√ -must know, understand, and follow the laws and the rules and regulations to protect the
health and safety of children in care
-keep children safe
,-provide good nutrition and a healthy environment
-create a quality environment for learning
4. Name the key agencies that partner with the Department to regulate child
care.
*Answer√√ Local Fire Departments / Certified Fire Safety Inspectors
County Agencies
Local Licensing Agencies
5. Child care laws, rules, and regulations are in place to protect
*Answer√√ children, families, and child care professionals
6. Office of Child Care Regulation and Background Screening
*Answer√√ licensing authority, regulates licensed child care facilities in most counties in Florida
7. Local County Government Agencies
*Answer√√ Ettect childcare through Zoning and Building, Septic and Well, Etc...
8. City/Municipal Police Dept.
*Answer√√ Ettect childcare through back ground checks and screenings of child care providers
,9. Child Care
*Answer√√ care, protection and supervision of a child for a period of less than 24 hours on a regular basis,
which supplements parental care, enrichment, and health supervision for the child in accordance with his or her
individual needs, and for which a payment, fee or grant is made for care. (Defined in 402.302)
10. DCF's Office of Child Care Regulations mission
*Answer√√ To ensure the health, safety, and well being of the children of the state while in care
through licensing and regulatory activities
, 11. The licensing standards established by the Department address
*Answer√√ Physical Envi-ronment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical surroundings)
Children in Care (health, nutrition, and development)
12. Regulation
*Answer√√ a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority to regulate conduct
13. What is the intent of the Legislature?
*Answer√√ To protect the health and welfare of children To develop
a regulatory framework that promotes the growth and stability of the child care industry and facilitates the safe
physical, intellectual, motor, and social development of the child.
14. Child Care Regulation Program
*Answer√√ is responsible for regulating programs that provide services that meet the statutory
definition of "child care." This is accomplished
through the inspection of licensed child care programs to ensure the consistent statewide application of child care
standards established in statute and rule, and the registration of child care providers not subject to inspection.
15. Minimum Age Requirements
