PURPOSE: This amendment updates the term "day care" to "child care" in the chapter and rule names and throughout the rule. This amendment also adds a requirement that staff report suspected child abuse or neglect to DSS Children's Division; updates the group home provider/center director approval process, including new forms; and updates general requirements for background screening requirements for child care staff members.
Licensed Capacity of the Center | Education and Experience Requirements for Center Director |
Up to 20 Children | Thirty (30) college semester hours, with six (6) of the thirty (30) hours in child-related courses; or twelve (12) months' experience with six (6) college semester hours in child-related courses, a CDA, or a YDC. |
21-60 Children | Sixty (60) college semester hours. Twelve (12) of the hours must be in child-related courses; or twenty-four (24) months' experience and twelve (12) college semester hours in child-related courses. |
61-99 Children | Ninety (90) college semester hours. Eighteen (18) of the ninety (90) hours must be in child-related courses; or thirty-six (36) months' experience and eighteen (18) college semester hours in child-related courses. |
100 or More Children | One hundred twenty (120) college semester hours. Twenty-four (24) of the one hundred twenty (120) hours must be in child-related courses. Six (6) of the twenty-four (24) college semester hours may include courses in business or management; or four (4) years' experience and twenty-four (24) college semester hours in child-related courses. Six (6) of the twenty-four (24) college semester hours may include courses in business or management. |
19 CSR 30-62.102
*Original authority: 210.221, RSMo 1949, amended 1955, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1999.