BECKY LINSTER

39-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Maintaining records on children

For each child enrolled, the provider shall maintain on file a current and complete enrollment form. The provider shall have a complete and current general health record, including immunization records, on file when the child begins attending the family child care home. The provider shall have on file an incident log for each enrolled child to record accidents, illnesses, unusual behaviors that occur at the facility and observations of the child made by the provider. The provider and staff shall not release any records pertaining to a child or family except in emergencies, or upon request of the Office of Early Childhood, police, or DCF, unless the parent of the child gives the provider and staff written permission to release the information.

45-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Giving parents information & access

The provider shall furnish each child's parent(s) with opportunities to observe the child care home in operation prior to enrollment, as well as following enrollment, immediate access to their child while the child is at the facility, opportunities prior to enrollment as well as following enrollment to discuss the child's needs and the family child care program and policies, daily information about the child, immediate information about any accident involving the child, or any illness or injury to the child which occurred at, or was detected in, the child care home, and information about the names of substitutes, assistants, helpers, emergency providers and household members who have contact with the day care children.