Sec.19a-87b-8. Qualifications of Staff

The provider may have substitutes and assistants in the family child care home only after the intended staff member has submitted a staff approval application and accompanying fee to the Office and it has been approved in writing by the commissioner.

(a) Substitute

Any person twenty years of age or older who meets all of the requirements set forth in section 19a-87b-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies may apply to be a substitute for a family child care home provider. A licensed provider may substitute for another provider without filing a separate staff approval application.

(b) Assistant

Any adult who meets the requirements set forth in section 19a-87b-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies except for subsection (c) of that section pertaining to training, may apply to be an assistant in a family child care home. An assistant shall be present to assist the provider or substitute when more than two children under eighteen months receive family child care services at the same time at the family child care home.

(c) Emergency Caregiver

Each provider shall identify to the Office at least one emergency caregiver who shall be available and on call during customary business hours to provide child care only for unscheduled, unforeseen emergencies.

(1) The emergency caregiver shall be a responsible person who is twenty years of age or older and known to the provider. The provider shall list at least one potential emergency caregiver with the Office, but may use others as necessary.

(2) The emergency caregiver shall be able to arrive at the family child care home not more than fifteen minutes after being summoned by the provider and shall immediately notify parents of all children present of the emergency.

(3) The commissioner may disallow any emergency caregiver who had a family child care home license revoked or denied, or against whom there is a substantiated child abuse or neglect claim or who has a criminal conviction record that the commissioner deems would put children at risk.

(d) Knowledge of Regulations and Operative Procedures

All staff members shall have read and understood sections 19a-87b-1 to 19a-87b-18, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and shall be familiar with the operating procedures of the family child care home.

(e) Substitutes shall meet the same requirements and qualifications required of the provider in section 19a-87b-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Assistants shall meet the same requirements and qualifications required of the provider in section 19a-87b-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies except for subsection (c) of section 19a-87b-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies pertaining to training.

(f) Staff Approval Process

Staff approvals for substitutes and assistants shall be for a period of two years from the date of the approved staff application. Approvals may be renewed by submitting to the Office a staff renewal application and accompanying fee, and a medical statement as described in section 19a-87b-6(b)(1) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. For substitutes, proof of current first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification in accordance with section 19a-87b-6(c) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall also be submitted.

(Effective September 1, 1993; Transferred January 29, 1996; Amended March 19, 2021)