RNRF DCF EXAMS SCRIPT CORRECT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Religious Exempt Accreditation - ✔✔Faith-based child care programs must be
accredited by or members of organizations that have adopted and published accrediting
standards for health, safety, and sanitation and
Require their child care programs to comply with these and local standards.
Must be required to meet the requirements in ss. 402.305 and 402.3055, F.S., Relating
to background screening.
✔✔faith based voluntary and mandatory licensure - ✔✔Some faith-based child care
programs may choose to pursue voluntary licensure rather than religious exemption.
Once licensed, though, a religious exempt program cannot withdraw from licensure.
In other cases, faith-based child care programs that have been in operation since July
1, 1974 may be in a county or city that has state or local child care licensing
requirements that mandate licensure.
✔✔Gold Seal Quality Care Accrediting - ✔✔Recognizes child care facilities, large family
child care homes, and family day care homes that have been accredited by an
approved accrediting association
Program must not have any of the following within the past two years:
Class I violations
Three or more Class II violations of the same licensing standard
Citations for the same Class III violation three or more times and failed to correct the
problem within the past year
✔✔Local Licensing Agencies - ✔✔A county whose licensing standards meet or exceed
the minimum state standards
In Florida, the following counties are locally licensed:
Broward
, Hillsborough
Palm Beach
Pinellas
Sarasota
✔✔Partnering State Agencies - ✔✔State Fire Marshal
Department of Children and Families Background Screening Clearinghouse
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida Office of Early Learning
Florida Department of Health
Local County Government Agencies
✔✔Caring for Our Children - ✔✔is a publication that outlines the national health and
safety performance standards guidelines for early care and education programs. The
purpose of this book is to ensure children have safe environments for their child care
needs.
✔✔License Application Process and Minimum Age Requirements - ✔✔Must have an
annual application approved by the Department in order to operate as a child care
facility
May not be used for any business or purpose that is unrelated to providing child care
Operator of a child care facility must be at least 21 years old
Employees at a child care facility must be at least 16 years old to work independently.
Any employee under 16 years old must be directly supervised at all times and excluded
from the staff-to-child ratio.
✔✔when must child care programs complete application for licensure - ✔✔annually
✔✔Issuance of a License - ✔✔A program's license will be issued or renewed once the
license fee has been paid and the program has demonstrated compliance with the
licensing standards. Annual licenses, provided all requirements are met, are issued for
one year and renewed annually on or before the expiration date. Licensing fees are
assessed at $1 per child, with a minimum fee of $25 and a maximum fee of $100.
Licensing fees are used to fund licensing activities.
✔✔annual license - ✔✔issued when all requirements are met and corrected timely
✔✔provisional status license - ✔✔issued when the program is not in full compliance due
to circumstances beyond control of the program and is not considered a disciplinary
sanction; may be issued for a period not to exceed six months and renewed one time
for circumstances beyond the control of the applicant
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Religious Exempt Accreditation - ✔✔Faith-based child care programs must be
accredited by or members of organizations that have adopted and published accrediting
standards for health, safety, and sanitation and
Require their child care programs to comply with these and local standards.
Must be required to meet the requirements in ss. 402.305 and 402.3055, F.S., Relating
to background screening.
✔✔faith based voluntary and mandatory licensure - ✔✔Some faith-based child care
programs may choose to pursue voluntary licensure rather than religious exemption.
Once licensed, though, a religious exempt program cannot withdraw from licensure.
In other cases, faith-based child care programs that have been in operation since July
1, 1974 may be in a county or city that has state or local child care licensing
requirements that mandate licensure.
✔✔Gold Seal Quality Care Accrediting - ✔✔Recognizes child care facilities, large family
child care homes, and family day care homes that have been accredited by an
approved accrediting association
Program must not have any of the following within the past two years:
Class I violations
Three or more Class II violations of the same licensing standard
Citations for the same Class III violation three or more times and failed to correct the
problem within the past year
✔✔Local Licensing Agencies - ✔✔A county whose licensing standards meet or exceed
the minimum state standards
In Florida, the following counties are locally licensed:
Broward
, Hillsborough
Palm Beach
Pinellas
Sarasota
✔✔Partnering State Agencies - ✔✔State Fire Marshal
Department of Children and Families Background Screening Clearinghouse
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida Office of Early Learning
Florida Department of Health
Local County Government Agencies
✔✔Caring for Our Children - ✔✔is a publication that outlines the national health and
safety performance standards guidelines for early care and education programs. The
purpose of this book is to ensure children have safe environments for their child care
needs.
✔✔License Application Process and Minimum Age Requirements - ✔✔Must have an
annual application approved by the Department in order to operate as a child care
facility
May not be used for any business or purpose that is unrelated to providing child care
Operator of a child care facility must be at least 21 years old
Employees at a child care facility must be at least 16 years old to work independently.
Any employee under 16 years old must be directly supervised at all times and excluded
from the staff-to-child ratio.
✔✔when must child care programs complete application for licensure - ✔✔annually
✔✔Issuance of a License - ✔✔A program's license will be issued or renewed once the
license fee has been paid and the program has demonstrated compliance with the
licensing standards. Annual licenses, provided all requirements are met, are issued for
one year and renewed annually on or before the expiration date. Licensing fees are
assessed at $1 per child, with a minimum fee of $25 and a maximum fee of $100.
Licensing fees are used to fund licensing activities.
✔✔annual license - ✔✔issued when all requirements are met and corrected timely
✔✔provisional status license - ✔✔issued when the program is not in full compliance due
to circumstances beyond control of the program and is not considered a disciplinary
sanction; may be issued for a period not to exceed six months and renewed one time
for circumstances beyond the control of the applicant
