RNRF DCF COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Field Trip Activities - ✔✔A. Parents must be advised in advance of each field trip
activity.
B. The date, time, and location of the field trip must be posted in an easily seen location
at least two working days prior to each field trip.
C. Written parental permission must be obtained in the form of a general or event-
specific
permission slip.
D. If special circumstances arise where notification of an event cannot be posted for two
working days, individual permission slips must be obtained from the custodial parent
or legal guardian for each child participating on the field trip.
E. Emergency contact information for each child on the field trip, including walking field
trips, must be in the possession of a child care personnel on the field trip.
F. A telephone or other means of instant communication must be available to staff
responsible for children during all field trips, including walking field trips. Cellular
phones, two-way radio devices, citizen band radios, and other means of instant
communications are acceptable.
G. Documentation of parental permission for field trips must be on file and maintained
for
at least 4 months from the date of the field trip.
✔✔Child Discipline - ✔✔The child care facility shall adopt a discipline policy consistent
with Section
402.305(12), F.S., including standards that prohibit children from being subjected to
discipline which is severe, humiliating, frightening, or associated with food, rest, or
toileting. Spanking or any other form of physical punishment is prohibited.
✔✔B. The child care facility operators, employees, substitutes, and volunteers -
✔✔must comply
with written disciplinary and expulsion policies.
,✔✔Child Discipline Rules - ✔✔Verification that the child care facility has provided the
parent or guardian a written
copy of the disciplinary and expulsion policies used by the program must be
documented on the enrollment form with the signature of the custodial parent or legal
guardian.
✔✔What is the main purpose for regulatory agencies in child care? - ✔✔govern child
care in Florida so they can provide a safe and healthy setting for children in out-of-home
care.
✔✔How do regulatory agencies
influence the care each child receives? - ✔✔ensure that children are well cared for in a
safe, healthy, positive, and educational environment by trained, qualified child care staff
✔✔The Florida Statutes (F.S.) - ✔✔outline the legislative intent of the child care
regulations
✔✔Legislature - ✔✔established child care standards and establishes the intent to
protect the health, safety, and well-being of Florida's children through the establishment
of minimum standards of care for Florida.
✔✔The licensing standards established by the Department address the - ✔✔Physical
environment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical surroundings) and
Children in care (health, nutrition, and development)
✔✔Child Care Standards - ✔✔The health and safety standards support all areas of
children's development, as well as the environment where care is provided. The
standards provide families with options for child care so they are able to make decisions
that best align with their goals and needs.
✔✔The Florida Department of Children and Families' Office of Child Care Regulation's
mission - ✔✔to "ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children of the state
while in care through licensing and regulatory activities. The purpose of this program is
to ensure that children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, positive, and educational
environment by trained, qualified child care staff."
✔✔Regulation - ✔✔is a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority,
especially to regulate conduct. Rules and regulations exist to protect the health and
safety of children in out-of-home care.
✔✔Florida Law - ✔✔means a bill passed by the Florida Legislature, which includes the
House and Senate, and signed by the governor of Florida.
, ✔✔Florida Statutes - ✔✔a permanent collection of state laws organized by subject area
into a code made up of titles, chapters, parts, and sections. The Florida Statutes are
updated annually by laws that create, amend, transfer, or repeal statutory material.
✔✔Rules - ✔✔implement, interpret, and/or describe laws found in the Florida Statutes
✔✔Florida Administrative Code
FAC - ✔✔The permanent collection of rules that describe the laws found in the Florida
Statutes. (DCF Office of Child Care Regulation writes the rules)
✔✔. An ordinance - ✔✔is a local law enacted by a county or municipality and only
applies within the jurisdiction of the particular county or city.
✔✔DCF's Office of Child Care Regulation - ✔✔the licensing authority and currently
regulates licensed child care facilities, licensed family day care homes, licensed large
family child care homes, and licensed mildly ill facilities in most counties in Florida. In
addition, they administer the registration of family day care homes not required to be
licensed. They also provide consultation services, technical assistance, and training for
child care programs and personnel.
✔✔Key Point: The rules and regulations - ✔✔protect the health and safety of children in
out-of-home care.
✔✔Child Care Facility and School-Age Child Care Handbooks - ✔✔outline a list of
definitions used in the rules and regulations.
✔✔If a child care program in Florida - ✔✔meets the statutory definition of "child care," it
is subject to regulation by the Department or local licensing agencies, unless specifically
excluded or exempted from regulation by statute or by rule.
✔✔Prolonged child care - ✔✔allows care to be provided for 24 hours or longer for a
child whose parent or guardian works a shift of 24 hours or more, such as a firefighter
✔✔The main types of child care programs in Florida are: - ✔✔-Child Care Facilities
-Specialized Child Care Mildly
Ill Facilities
-Family Day Care Homes and
-Large Family Child Care Homes
✔✔Key Point: Child care supplements parental care - ✔✔for a period of less than 24
hours a day on a regular basis.
✔✔Before-school and after-school sites are programs, regardless of location -
✔✔providing care for children who are at least five years old, and who are enrolled in
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Field Trip Activities - ✔✔A. Parents must be advised in advance of each field trip
activity.
B. The date, time, and location of the field trip must be posted in an easily seen location
at least two working days prior to each field trip.
C. Written parental permission must be obtained in the form of a general or event-
specific
permission slip.
D. If special circumstances arise where notification of an event cannot be posted for two
working days, individual permission slips must be obtained from the custodial parent
or legal guardian for each child participating on the field trip.
E. Emergency contact information for each child on the field trip, including walking field
trips, must be in the possession of a child care personnel on the field trip.
F. A telephone or other means of instant communication must be available to staff
responsible for children during all field trips, including walking field trips. Cellular
phones, two-way radio devices, citizen band radios, and other means of instant
communications are acceptable.
G. Documentation of parental permission for field trips must be on file and maintained
for
at least 4 months from the date of the field trip.
✔✔Child Discipline - ✔✔The child care facility shall adopt a discipline policy consistent
with Section
402.305(12), F.S., including standards that prohibit children from being subjected to
discipline which is severe, humiliating, frightening, or associated with food, rest, or
toileting. Spanking or any other form of physical punishment is prohibited.
✔✔B. The child care facility operators, employees, substitutes, and volunteers -
✔✔must comply
with written disciplinary and expulsion policies.
,✔✔Child Discipline Rules - ✔✔Verification that the child care facility has provided the
parent or guardian a written
copy of the disciplinary and expulsion policies used by the program must be
documented on the enrollment form with the signature of the custodial parent or legal
guardian.
✔✔What is the main purpose for regulatory agencies in child care? - ✔✔govern child
care in Florida so they can provide a safe and healthy setting for children in out-of-home
care.
✔✔How do regulatory agencies
influence the care each child receives? - ✔✔ensure that children are well cared for in a
safe, healthy, positive, and educational environment by trained, qualified child care staff
✔✔The Florida Statutes (F.S.) - ✔✔outline the legislative intent of the child care
regulations
✔✔Legislature - ✔✔established child care standards and establishes the intent to
protect the health, safety, and well-being of Florida's children through the establishment
of minimum standards of care for Florida.
✔✔The licensing standards established by the Department address the - ✔✔Physical
environment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical surroundings) and
Children in care (health, nutrition, and development)
✔✔Child Care Standards - ✔✔The health and safety standards support all areas of
children's development, as well as the environment where care is provided. The
standards provide families with options for child care so they are able to make decisions
that best align with their goals and needs.
✔✔The Florida Department of Children and Families' Office of Child Care Regulation's
mission - ✔✔to "ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children of the state
while in care through licensing and regulatory activities. The purpose of this program is
to ensure that children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, positive, and educational
environment by trained, qualified child care staff."
✔✔Regulation - ✔✔is a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority,
especially to regulate conduct. Rules and regulations exist to protect the health and
safety of children in out-of-home care.
✔✔Florida Law - ✔✔means a bill passed by the Florida Legislature, which includes the
House and Senate, and signed by the governor of Florida.
, ✔✔Florida Statutes - ✔✔a permanent collection of state laws organized by subject area
into a code made up of titles, chapters, parts, and sections. The Florida Statutes are
updated annually by laws that create, amend, transfer, or repeal statutory material.
✔✔Rules - ✔✔implement, interpret, and/or describe laws found in the Florida Statutes
✔✔Florida Administrative Code
FAC - ✔✔The permanent collection of rules that describe the laws found in the Florida
Statutes. (DCF Office of Child Care Regulation writes the rules)
✔✔. An ordinance - ✔✔is a local law enacted by a county or municipality and only
applies within the jurisdiction of the particular county or city.
✔✔DCF's Office of Child Care Regulation - ✔✔the licensing authority and currently
regulates licensed child care facilities, licensed family day care homes, licensed large
family child care homes, and licensed mildly ill facilities in most counties in Florida. In
addition, they administer the registration of family day care homes not required to be
licensed. They also provide consultation services, technical assistance, and training for
child care programs and personnel.
✔✔Key Point: The rules and regulations - ✔✔protect the health and safety of children in
out-of-home care.
✔✔Child Care Facility and School-Age Child Care Handbooks - ✔✔outline a list of
definitions used in the rules and regulations.
✔✔If a child care program in Florida - ✔✔meets the statutory definition of "child care," it
is subject to regulation by the Department or local licensing agencies, unless specifically
excluded or exempted from regulation by statute or by rule.
✔✔Prolonged child care - ✔✔allows care to be provided for 24 hours or longer for a
child whose parent or guardian works a shift of 24 hours or more, such as a firefighter
✔✔The main types of child care programs in Florida are: - ✔✔-Child Care Facilities
-Specialized Child Care Mildly
Ill Facilities
-Family Day Care Homes and
-Large Family Child Care Homes
✔✔Key Point: Child care supplements parental care - ✔✔for a period of less than 24
hours a day on a regular basis.
✔✔Before-school and after-school sites are programs, regardless of location -
✔✔providing care for children who are at least five years old, and who are enrolled in
