Inspection · 2025-09-09

All providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a family day care home are required to comply with the criminal history review provisions of this Part and Part 413 of this Article.

All providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a family day care home hired after June 30, 2013 must comply with the background check requirements for the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law.

All providers, employees, volunteers and any person age eighteen (18) or older living or who begins to live in a family day care home are required to complete a Statewide Central Register database check.

Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: a completed application for renewal, including required attestations, on forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents. Such application and attestations must include an agreement by the applicant to operate the family day care home in conformity with applicable laws and regulations;

Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: certification, on forms provided by the Office, of the status of the individual applicant's child support obligations or payments, in accordance with the requirements of Section 3-503 of the General Obligations Law;

Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: certification, on forms provided by the Office, that the applicant is in compliance with workers compensation requirements of New York State law;

Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: certification, on forms provided by the Office, that the dwelling, its property and premises, and the surrounding neighborhood and environment are free from environmental hazards. Where the historical or current use of the dwelling, its property and premises, or the surrounding neighborhood indicate that an environmental hazard may be present, inspection or testing must be completed by the appropriate local official or authority to determine if such hazard exists. Documentation of the inspection or testing must be appended to the statement required by this paragraph and include a statement from the appropriate local official or authority following this inspection and/or testing that the dwelling, its property and premises, and the surrounding neighborhood, meet applicable standards for sanitation and safety. Such hazards include but are not limited to, dry cleaners, gas stations, nuclear laboratories or power plants, property designated as a federal superfund clean-up site, and any property with known contaminated ground or water supplies;

Applicants for renewal of a registration must submit to the Office at least 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the registration the following: proof of compliance with the training requirements of section 417.14 of this Part;

Applicants for renewal of a registration may not be issued a registration until an inspection of the family day care home has been conducted showing compliance with the requirements of this Part and the relevant provisions of the Social Services Law.