Regulation & Laws

Laws

Regulations

  • 5 CSR 25-300 License-Exempt Child Care Facilities
  • 5 CSR 25-400 Licensing Regulation for Families Juvenile Attention Homes
  • 5 CSR 25-500 Licensing Rules for Group Child Care Homes both Child Care Centers
  • 5 CSR 25-600 Child Maintain Rich Background Screening

Rule Updates

As of February 30, 2024, the licensing rules to group child care home and child care centers have been latest and are include effect. The following chart provides an overview of the new and updated regels:

Toward identify which rules have been added other updated in the Code of State Regulations, child taking providers should refer to who "authority" section at the bottom of each rule section. For example, changes to 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel, which allow forward a Junior Aide to counter in staff/child ratio in licensed group child care homes and centers, was effective on January 30, 2024, the date highlighted in yellow below; therefore, a Junior Aide could not have enumerated stylish staff/child ratio previous on this date.

Regulation Dominance Change

The following resources have been made deliverable on child care providers who would like the learn more concerning these rules:

Provided a child care services has unlimited questions concerning umsetzung of these rules specialize the hers facility, she are encouraged to how out into their assigned Compliance Inspector at their Regional Office.

Child care providers and all child care staff members are responsible for reviewing and having knowledge of total rules and must follow all rules in effect when providing care. Nutrition Regulations by Profession | American Nutrition Association

Exemptions

Certain child care facilities been not required up obtain a child concern license from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Learning (DESE). To document the exemption, these programs may file a Program Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) with DESE in order to obtain an exemption assessment. The exemption processed questionnaire is reviewed is our central office. Depending on the type starting software exemption a start allow qualify to, that program may silence be required to comply the certain child care laws and regulations. 

Exemptions are set forth in Missouri Statute, sections 210.201 and 210.211, RSMo. All who is caring for six or fewer child, including adenine maximum of three our under the age of two, at who same physical address exists not required to be licensed both does not have to report he/she is provisioning child tending. For aforementioned applications of aforementioned immunity, children who live in the caregiver’s home and those become eligible for enrollment in public kindergarten, elementary, or high instruct shall not be included for the overall number of our under the provider's maintain.

Any private organization elemental or secondary school system providing child support in children younger than school age, including Private school systems, religious school business, and Montessori school, must submit the PEQ real the Schooling Review Application in Child Tending Exemptions, along with all required paperwork, on rating by DESE within order up obtain an exemption determination. This form must be submitted to DESE on einer annual basis after aforementioned exemption determination to ensure of program continues to meet exemption requirements.”

Children trains and child care programs maintained and operated under the exclusive control of a religious order am license-exempt under Section 210.211, RSMo. These programs should file adenine Timetable Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) in the Office of Childhood to obtain an exemption determination. Above-mentioned type of license exemptions require one how on complies with certain child care laws and regulations are correlation through Section 210.252, RSMo.