Title: 
Headings: Child Care Regulations in Virginia
Child
 
Care
 
Regulations
 
in
 
Virginia
 

Overview
 

Types
 
of
 
care
 
that
 
must
 
be
 
licensed
 

Types
 
of
 
care
 
that
 
may
 
be
 
registered
 

Types
 
of
 
care
 
that
 
may
 
operate
 
without
 
a
 
license
 

Age-group
 
definitions
 

Subsidized
 
child
 
care
 

Whom
 
to
 
contact
 

Virginia
 
Department
 
of
 
Social
 
Services
 

Child
 
abuse
 
reporting
 

Child
 
care
 
centers
 

Licenses
 

State
 
inspection
 

Staff:child
 
ratios
 

Staff
 
qualifications
 

Director
 

Program
 
leader
 

Aide
 

Staff
 
training
 

CPR
 
and
 
first
 
aid
 

Staff
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Staff
 
background
 
checks
 

Discipline
 

Parents’
 
rights
 

Health
 
and
 
safety
 
requirements
 

Care
 
for
 
sick
 
children
 

Child
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Family
 
day
 
homes
 
(licensed)
 

Licenses
 

State
 
inspection
 

Staff:child
 
ratios
 

Maximum
 
group
 
size
 

Staff
 
qualifications
 

Provider
 

Assistant
  

Substitute
  

Staff
 
training
  

CPR
 
and
 
first
 
aid
 

Staff
 
medical
 
requirements
  

Staff
 
background
 
checks
 

Discipline
 

Parents’
 
rights
 

Health
 
and
 
safety
 
requirements
 

Child
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Care
 
for
 
sick
 
children
 

Family
 
child
 
care
 
homes
 
(voluntarily
 
registered)
 

Registration
 

State
 
inspection
 

Staff:child
 
ratios
 

Maximum
 
group
 
size
 

Staff
 
qualifications
 

Provider
 

Assistant
 

Substitute
 

Staff
 
training
 

CPR
 
and
 
first
 
aid
 

Staff
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Staff
 
background
 
checks
 

Discipline
 

Parents’
 
rights
 

Health
 
and
 
safety
 
requirements
 

Child
 
medical
 
requirements
 

Care
 
for
 
sick
 
children
 


Content: Programs
 
that
 
only
 
operate
 
for
 
a
 
few
 
weeks
 
or
 
a
 
few
 
days
 
a
 
year
 
or
 
that
 
children
 
attend
 
for
 
a
 
limited
 
number
 
of
 
hours
 
per
 
week. Practice
 
or
 
competition
 
in
 
organized
 
competitive
 
sports
 
leagues. Certain
 
programs
 
where
 
children
 
are
 
free
 
to
 
enter
 
and
 
leave
 
the
 
premises
 
without
 
permission
 
or
 
supervision. When
 
children’s
 
programs
 
are
 
run
 
by
 
public
 
elementary
 
schools,
 
the
 
Department
 
of
 
Education
 
is
 
responsible
 
for
 
regulating
 
them. Age-group
 
definitions
 

 
Infant: child
 
between
 
birth
 
and
 
16
 
months
 
(15
 
months
 
for
 
family
 
child
 
care
 
homes)
 


 
Toddler: child
 
between
 
16
 
months
 
and
 
2
 
years
 


 
Preschooler: child
 
between
 
2
 
years
 
and
 
kindergarten-age,
 
5
 
years
 
by
 
September
 
30
 


 
School-age
 
child: child
 
between
 
kindergarten-age
 
and
 
13
 
years
 

Subsidized
 
child
 
care
 
The
 
Virginia
 
Department
 
of
 
Social
 
Services
 
makes
 
funds
 
available
 
to
 
assist
 
some
 
families
 
with
 
child
 
care
 
payments. Funds
 
are
 
available
 
through
 
a
 
voucher
 
program
 
for
 
subsidized
 
care
 
by
 
a
 
legally
 
operating
 
child
 
care
 
provider.