RNRF DCF EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Key Point: School-age child care - ✔✔is a specific program providing care before
and after school or during school closures to school-age children exclusively
✔✔Child care for mildly ill children - ✔✔means the care of children with short-term
illness or symptoms of illness or disability
✔✔Specialized Child Care Facilities - ✔✔licensed programs that provide child care for
more than five mildly ill children unrelated to the operator, which receive a payment, fee,
or grant for any of the children receiving care, wherever operated, and whether or not
operated for profit. These programs were created by the Legislature in order to
implement standards, in conjunction with the Florida Department of Health, specific to
caring for mildly ill children, such as those with the flu.
✔✔Key Point: The Legislature - ✔✔created standards for specialized child care
programs that take care of children who are mildly ill.
✔✔Drop-in child care - ✔✔a child care arrangement where families occasionally leave
their child for no more than four hours but remain on the premises, such as child care at
a shopping mall. A communication system must be provided to the family to ensure they
can return immediately to the child if necessary.
Drop-in child care arrangements must be licensed and shall meet all requirements for a
child care facility unless specifically exempted, such as religious exemption.
✔✔Evening child care - ✔✔child care provided during the evening hours, which are
defined as 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. During evening child care, personnel must remain
awake at all times. When children are awake, child care personnel must provide direct
supervision. When children are sleeping, staff must be within sight and hearing of all
children. While children are sleeping, there must be enough staff to meet the staff-to-
child ratios within the building, on the same floor; and they must be available to
respond, if needed. If a program only provides evening child care, they are not required
, to provide outdoor space. The program director is not required to have a Director
Credential, nor do staff need to have staff credentials.
✔✔Key Point: Child care programs must provide - ✔✔access to families and licensing
authority during operational hours.
✔✔There are programs that are not included in the definition, and therefore, are exempt
from licensure - ✔✔Public and Non-Public Schools—School Day
Programs for Children Grades Six and Above
School-Age Programs on School Sites That Meet Certain Criteria
Instructional/Tutorial Programs
Open Access Programs
National Membership Organizations That Meet Certain Criteria
Summer Day and 24-Hour Camps
Vacation Bible Schools
Transient Establishments (hotels, resorts, and similar establishments)
Non-Custodial In Home Care and
Religious Exemption Pursuant to s. 402.316, F.S.
✔✔Key Point: Some programs for children are considered exempt from licensure -
✔✔by the Florida Statutes and Florida Administrative Code.
✔✔Key Point: In general, after-school programs at a public or non-public school site -
✔✔do not require licensure if they meet certain criteria.
✔✔Key Point: Instructional and tutorial programs - ✔✔cannot be designated as Gold
Seal and cannot contract to deliver a School Readiness program.
Some examples of these programs include, but are not limited to:
Tutoring
Computer class
Ballet class
Karate class and
Baseball instruction or other sport
✔✔Key Point: Open access programs - ✔✔operate for less than four hours per day and
do not provide any type of supervision, with children freely entering and leaving at any
time without permission, prior arrangements, or supervision.
✔✔Key Point: Nonprofit membership organizations that are associated with national
organizations - ✔✔must submit an annual attestation to the Department and comply
with background screening requirements
✔✔Key Point: Summer camps are not required to be licensed - ✔✔while not inspected
or regulated by the Department, are required to have all personnel screened through
the Background Screening Clearinghouse with a Level 2 background screening and a
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Key Point: School-age child care - ✔✔is a specific program providing care before
and after school or during school closures to school-age children exclusively
✔✔Child care for mildly ill children - ✔✔means the care of children with short-term
illness or symptoms of illness or disability
✔✔Specialized Child Care Facilities - ✔✔licensed programs that provide child care for
more than five mildly ill children unrelated to the operator, which receive a payment, fee,
or grant for any of the children receiving care, wherever operated, and whether or not
operated for profit. These programs were created by the Legislature in order to
implement standards, in conjunction with the Florida Department of Health, specific to
caring for mildly ill children, such as those with the flu.
✔✔Key Point: The Legislature - ✔✔created standards for specialized child care
programs that take care of children who are mildly ill.
✔✔Drop-in child care - ✔✔a child care arrangement where families occasionally leave
their child for no more than four hours but remain on the premises, such as child care at
a shopping mall. A communication system must be provided to the family to ensure they
can return immediately to the child if necessary.
Drop-in child care arrangements must be licensed and shall meet all requirements for a
child care facility unless specifically exempted, such as religious exemption.
✔✔Evening child care - ✔✔child care provided during the evening hours, which are
defined as 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. During evening child care, personnel must remain
awake at all times. When children are awake, child care personnel must provide direct
supervision. When children are sleeping, staff must be within sight and hearing of all
children. While children are sleeping, there must be enough staff to meet the staff-to-
child ratios within the building, on the same floor; and they must be available to
respond, if needed. If a program only provides evening child care, they are not required
, to provide outdoor space. The program director is not required to have a Director
Credential, nor do staff need to have staff credentials.
✔✔Key Point: Child care programs must provide - ✔✔access to families and licensing
authority during operational hours.
✔✔There are programs that are not included in the definition, and therefore, are exempt
from licensure - ✔✔Public and Non-Public Schools—School Day
Programs for Children Grades Six and Above
School-Age Programs on School Sites That Meet Certain Criteria
Instructional/Tutorial Programs
Open Access Programs
National Membership Organizations That Meet Certain Criteria
Summer Day and 24-Hour Camps
Vacation Bible Schools
Transient Establishments (hotels, resorts, and similar establishments)
Non-Custodial In Home Care and
Religious Exemption Pursuant to s. 402.316, F.S.
✔✔Key Point: Some programs for children are considered exempt from licensure -
✔✔by the Florida Statutes and Florida Administrative Code.
✔✔Key Point: In general, after-school programs at a public or non-public school site -
✔✔do not require licensure if they meet certain criteria.
✔✔Key Point: Instructional and tutorial programs - ✔✔cannot be designated as Gold
Seal and cannot contract to deliver a School Readiness program.
Some examples of these programs include, but are not limited to:
Tutoring
Computer class
Ballet class
Karate class and
Baseball instruction or other sport
✔✔Key Point: Open access programs - ✔✔operate for less than four hours per day and
do not provide any type of supervision, with children freely entering and leaving at any
time without permission, prior arrangements, or supervision.
✔✔Key Point: Nonprofit membership organizations that are associated with national
organizations - ✔✔must submit an annual attestation to the Department and comply
with background screening requirements
✔✔Key Point: Summer camps are not required to be licensed - ✔✔while not inspected
or regulated by the Department, are required to have all personnel screened through
the Background Screening Clearinghouse with a Level 2 background screening and a
