FL DCF 40 Hrs, CHILD CARE FACILITIES RULE AND REGULATIONS (RNRF) STUDY GUIDE TEST 2024.
DCF - CORRECT ANSWER Department of Children and
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DCF Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER Administration of child care licensing and training
Ensuring children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, positive, and educational environment by trained, qualified child care staff
This agency determines state rules pertaining to child care and enforces these rules by licensing and inspecting child care facilities.
Child Care Professionals Roles and Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER -must know, understand, and follow the laws and the rules and regulations to protect the health and safety of children in care
-keep children safe
-provide good nutrition and a healthy environment
-create a quality environment for learning
Name the key agencies that partner with the Department to regulate child care. - CORRECT ANSWER Local Fire Departments / Certified Fire Safety Inspectors
County Agencies
Local Licensing Agencies
Child care laws, rules, and regulations are in place to protect - CORRECT ANSWER children, families, and child care professionals
Office of Child Care Regulation and Background Screening - CORRECT ANSWER licensing authority, regulates licensed child care facilities in most counties in Florida
Local County Government Agencies - CORRECT ANSWER Effect childcare through Zoning and Building, Septic and Well, Etc...
City/Municipal Police Dept. - CORRECT ANSWER Effect childcare through back ground checks and screenings of child care providers
Child Care - CORRECT ANSWER care, protection and supervision of a child for a period of less than 24 hours on a regular basis, which supplements parental care, enrichment, and health supervision for the child in accordance with his or her individual needs, and for which a payment, fee or grant is made for care. (Defined in 402.302)
DCF's Office of Child Care Regulations mission: - CORRECT ANSWER To ensure the health, safety, and well being of the children of the state while in care through licensing and regulatory activities
The licensing standards established by the Department address - CORRECT ANSWER Physical Environment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical surroundings)
Children in Care (health, nutrition, and development)
Regulation - CORRECT ANSWER a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority to regulate conduct
What is the intent of the Legislature? - CORRECT ANSWER To protect the health and welfare of children
To develop
a regulatory framework that promotes the growth and stability of the child care industry and facilitates the safe physical, intellectual, motor, and social development of the child.
Child Care Regulation Program - CORRECT ANSWER is responsible for regulating programs that provide services that meet the statutory definition [Show Less]