DCF 40 HOUR TRAINING
DCF 40 Hour Training Exam
With Complete Solutions.
Regulation - ✔✔✔ - is a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority, especially
to regulate conduct.
Child care - ✔✔✔ - the care, protection, and supervision of a child for a period of less than 24
hours a day on a regular basis
A child care program is either licensed, registered or exempt from licensure. The main types of
child care programs in Florida are: - ✔✔✔ - child care facilities,
specialized child care mildly ill facilities,
family day care homes,
large family child care homes
School-aged child care programs must be: - ✔✔✔ - Licensed prior to operation and for
continued operation unless the program demonstrates that it is exempt
Child Care for Mildly Ill Children - ✔✔✔ - - Staffed with early childhood professionals and
nurses while children get well
- Slower paced and provide more rest time
Drop-in Child Care - ✔✔✔ - child care provided occasionally in a child care facility in a
shopping mall or business establishment where the child is in care for no more than a 4-hour
period and the parent remains on the premises of the business at all times.
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Evening Child Care - ✔✔✔ - child care provided during the evening hours and may encompass
the hours of 6 pm to 7 am to accommodate parents who work late night shifts.
Access - ✔✔✔ - During the child care program's operational hour and the times the children
are in care, the program must allow parents, guardians and the licensing authority access to the
program.
Programs Exempt from Licensure - ✔✔✔ - Public and non-public schools - school days,
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 camps and 24 hour camps
vacation bible schools
transient programs
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DCF 40 Hour Training Exam
With Complete Solutions.
Regulation - ✔✔✔ - is a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority, especially
to regulate conduct.
Child care - ✔✔✔ - the care, protection, and supervision of a child for a period of less than 24
hours a day on a regular basis
A child care program is either licensed, registered or exempt from licensure. The main types of
child care programs in Florida are: - ✔✔✔ - child care facilities,
specialized child care mildly ill facilities,
family day care homes,
large family child care homes
School-aged child care programs must be: - ✔✔✔ - Licensed prior to operation and for
continued operation unless the program demonstrates that it is exempt
Child Care for Mildly Ill Children - ✔✔✔ - - Staffed with early childhood professionals and
nurses while children get well
- Slower paced and provide more rest time
Drop-in Child Care - ✔✔✔ - child care provided occasionally in a child care facility in a
shopping mall or business establishment where the child is in care for no more than a 4-hour
period and the parent remains on the premises of the business at all times.
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Evening Child Care - ✔✔✔ - child care provided during the evening hours and may encompass
the hours of 6 pm to 7 am to accommodate parents who work late night shifts.
Access - ✔✔✔ - During the child care program's operational hour and the times the children
are in care, the program must allow parents, guardians and the licensing authority access to the
program.
Programs Exempt from Licensure - ✔✔✔ - Public and non-public schools - school days,
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 camps and 24 hour camps
vacation bible schools
transient programs
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