South Carolina Child Care Licensing Law

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South CarolinaChild Care Licensing LawSouth Carolina Code of Laws, Title 63 (Children’s Code), Chapter 13Sections 63-13-10 through 63-13-1240South Carolina Department of Social ServicesDivision of Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services1535 Confederate Ave.Columbia, SC 29201DSS Booklet 2955 (NOV 15) Edition of MAR 09 is obsolete.

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CHAPTER 13Childcare FacilitiesARTICLE 1General ProvisionsSECTION 63-13-10. Purpose.(A) The intent of this chapter is to define the regulatory duties of government necessary to safeguardchildren in care in places other than their own homes, ensuring for them minimum levels of protection andsupervision. Toward that end, it is the purpose of this chapter to establish statewide minimum regulationsfor the care and protection of children in childcare facilities, to ensure maintenance of these regulations andto approve administration and enforcement to regulate conditions in such facilities. It is the policy of theState to ensure protection of children under care in childcare facilities, and to encourage the improvementof childcare programs.(B) It is the further intent of this chapter that the freedom of religion of all citizens is inviolate. Nothingin this chapter shall give any governmental agency jurisdiction or authority to regulate, supervise, or in anyway be involved in any Sunday school, Sabbath school, religious services or any nursery service or otherprogram conducted during religious or church services primarily for the convenience of those attending theservices.(C) Nothing in this chapter shall create authority for the Department of Social Services to influence orregulate the curriculum of childcare facilities.HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.SECTION 63-13-20. Definitions.For the purpose of this chapter:(1) “Caregiver” means any person whose duties include direct care, supervision, and guidance of childrenin a childcare facility.(2) “Childcare” means the care, supervision, or guidance of a child or children, unaccompanied by theparent, guardian, or custodian, on a regular basis, for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day, butmore than four hours, in a place other than the child’s or the children’s own home or homes.(3) “Childcare center” means any facility which regularly receives thirteen or more children for childcare.(4) “Childcare facilities” means a facility which provides care, supervision, or guidance for a minor childwho is not related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the owner or operator of the facility whether or notthe facility is operated for profit and whether or not the facility makes a charge for services offered by it.This definition includes, but is not limited to, day nurseries, nursery schools, childcare centers, groupchildcare homes, and family childcare homes. The term does not include:(a) an educational facility, whether private or public, which operates solely for educational purposesin grade one or above;(b) five-year-old kindergarten programs;(c) kindergartens or nursery schools or other daytime programs, with or without stated educationalpurposes, operating no more than four hours a day and receiving children younger than lawful school age;(d) facilities operated for more than four hours a day in connection with a shopping center or serviceor other similar facility, where the same children are cared for less than four hours a day and not on a regularbasis as defined in this chapter while parents or custodians of the children are occupied on the premises orare in the immediate vicinity and immediately available; however, these facilities must meet local fire andsanitation requirements and maintain documentation on these requirements on file at the facility availablefor public inspection;(e) school vacation or school holiday day camps for children operating in distinct sessions running lessthan three weeks per session unless the day camp permits children to enroll in successive sessions so thattheir total attendance may exceed three weeks;

(f) summer resident camps for children;(g) bible schools normally conducted during vacation periods;(h) facilities for persons with intellectual disability provided for in Chapter 21, Title 44;(i) facilities for the mentally ill as provided for in Chapter 17, Title 44;(j) childcare centers and group childcare homes owned and operated by a local church congregation oran established religious denomination or a religious college or university which does not receive state orfederal financial assistance for childcare services; however, these facilities must comply with the provisionsof Article 9, and Sections 63-13-60 and 63-13-110 and that these facilities voluntarily may elect to becomelicensed according to the process as set forth in Article 3 and Sections 63-13-30, 63-13-40, 63-13-70,63-13-80, 63-13-90, 63-13-100, 63-13-160, and 63-13-170.(5) “Childcare operator” means the person, corporation, partnership, voluntary association, or otherpublic or private organization ultimately responsible for the overall operation of a childcare facility.(6) “Committee” means the State Advisory Committee on the Regulation of Childcare Facilities, namedunder this chapter to advise the department on regulatory matters related to childcare facilities.(7) “Complaint” means a written statement reporting unsatisfactory conditions in a childcare facility.(8) “Curriculum” means and includes design of courses, teaching philosophy, methods, and activities.(9) “Declaratory order” means a written statement on the part of the department approving plans forconstruction or renovation ensuring against the imposition of more stringent regulations at a later date.(10) “Deficiency correction notice” means a written statement on the part of the department notifying achildcare facility which is not complying with any applicable regulations to correct the deficiencies statedin the notice within a reasonable time limit.(11) “Department” means the State Department of Social Services, the agency designated to administerthe regulation of childcare facilities under this chapter, with the advice of the State Advisory Committee onthe Regulation of Childcare Facilities.(12) “Director” means the administrative head of the department.(13) “Family childcare home” means a facility within a residence occupied by the operator in whichchildcare is regularly provided for no more than six children, unattended by a parent or legal guardian,including those children living in the home and children received for childcare who are related to theresident caregiver. However, an occupied residence in which childcare is provided only for a child orchildren related to the resident caregiver or only for the child or children of one unrelated family or onlyfor a combination of these children is not a family childcare home.(14) “Group childcare home” means a facility within a residence occupied by the operator whichregularly provides childcare for at least seven but not more than twelve children, unattended by a parent ora legal guardian including those children living in the home and children received for childcare who arerelated to the resident caregiver. However, an occupied residence in which childcare is provided only for achild or children related to the resident caregiver or only for the child or children of one unrelated familyor only for a combination of these children is not a group childcare home.(15) “Infant” means a child age twelve months or younger for the purposes of this chapter.(16) “Minor child” means a person who has not reached the eighteenth birthday.(17) “Private childcare facility” means a facility as defined under item b. of this section which is not apublic childcare facility, and which is able to be further classified as follows:(a) “Entrepreneurial childcare facility” means a facility whose childcare operator may receive publicassistance funds directly or indirectly but which is managed as a profit-making business enterprise andwhose corporation or private ownership is liable for payment of federal and state income taxes on profitsearned by the facility.(b) “Nonprofit childcare facility” means a facility whose childcare operator may receive publicassistance funds directly or indirectly but which is operated under the tutelage and control of a nonprofit oreleemosynary corporation, foundation, association, or other organization whose ownership may or may notbe liable for payment of federal and state income taxes on profits earned by the facility.(18) “Provisional approval” means a written notice issued by the department to a department, agency, orinstitution of the State, or a county, city, or other political subdivision approving the commencement of the

operations of a public childcare center or group childcare home although the operator is temporarily unableto comply with all of the requirements for approval.(19) “Provisional license” means a license issued by the department to an operator of a private childcarecenter or group childcare home or a family childcare home which elects to be licensed authorizing thelicensee to begin operations although the licensee temporarily is unable to comply with all of therequirements for a license.(20) “Public childcare facility” means a facility as defined under item b of this section which was createdand exists by act of the State, or a county, city or other political subdivision, whose operation remains underthe tutelage and control of a governmental agency.(21) “Registration” means the process whereby childcare centers and group childcare homes owned andoperated by a church or a publicly recognized religious educational or religious charitable institution areregulated under this chapter and the process whereby all family childcare homes are regulated under thischapter.(22) “Regular approval” means a written notice issued by the department for a two-year period to adepartment, agency, or institution of the State, or a county, city, or other political subdivision, approvingthe operation of a public childcare center or group childcare home in accordance with the provisions of thenotice, this chapter, and the regulations of the department.(23) “Regular license” means a license issued by the department for two years to an operator of a privatechildcare center or group childcare home or a family childcare home which elects to be licensed showingthat the licensee is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the departmentat the time of issuance and authorizing the licensee to operate in accordance with the license, this chapter,and the regulations of the department.(24) “Regularly, or on a regular basis”: these terms refer to the frequency with which childcare servicesare available and provided at a facility in any one week; these terms mean the availability and provision ofperiods of daycare on more than two days in such week.(25) “Related” means any of the following relationships by marriage, blood, or adoption: parent,grandparent, brother, sister, stepparent, stepsister, stepbrother, uncle, aunt, cousin of the first degree.(26) “Renewal” means in regard to childcare centers and group childcare homes, to grant an extensionof a regular license or regular approval for another two-year period provided an investigation of suchfacilities verifies that they are in compliance with the applicable regulations, in regard to family childcarehomes, to place the name of the operator on the registration list for another year provided proceduresindicated in this chapter have been completed.(27) “Revocation” means to void the regular license of a childcare center or group childcare home.(28) “Summer day camp for children” means a program offered during the summer that providesrecreational activities primarily during daytime hours throughout the period of the program and may includean occasional overnight activity under the supervision of the operator.(29) “Summer resident camp for children” means a twenty-four-hour residential program offered duringthe summer that provides recreational activities for children.HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.SECTION 63-13-30. Caregiver requirements.(A) A caregiver who begins employment in a licensed or approved childcare center in South Carolinaafter June 30, 1994, must have at least a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED)and at least six months’ experience as a caregiver in a licensed or approved childcare facility. If a caregiverdoes not meet the experience requirements, the caregiver must be directly supervised for six months by astaff person with at least one year experience as a caregiver in a licensed or approved childcare facility.Within six months of being employed, a caregiver must have six clock hours of training in child growthand development and early childhood education or shall continue to be under the direct supervision of acaregiver who has at least one year of experience as a caregiver in a licensed or approved childcare facility.

(B) A caregiver who has two years’ experience as a caregiver in a licensed or approved facility and isemployed as of July 1, 1994, in a licensed or approved childcare center in South Carolina is exempt fromthe high school diploma and General Educational Development (GED) requirements of subsection (A).HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.SECTION 63-13-40. Background checks for employment.(A) No childcare center, group childcare home, family childcare home, or church or religious childcarecenter may employ a person or engage the services of a caregiver who is required to register under the sexoffender registry act pursuant to Section 23-3-430 or who has been convicted of:(1) a crime listed in Chapter 3 of Title 16, Offenses Against the Person;(2) a crime listed in Chapter 15 of Title 16, Offenses Against Morality and Decency;(3) the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, contained in Section 16-17-490;(4) the felonies classified in Section 16-1-10(A), except that this prohibition does not apply to Section56-5-2930, the Class F felony of driving under the influence pursuant to Section 56-5-2940(4) if theconviction occurred at least ten years prior to the application for employment and the following conditionsare met:(a) the person has not been convicted in this State or any other state of an alcohol or drug violationduring the previous ten-year period;(b) the person has not been convicted of and has no charges pending in this State or any other statefor a violation of driving while his license is canceled, suspended, or revoked during the previous ten-yearperiod; and(c) the person has completed successfully an alcohol or drug assessment and treatment programprovided by the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services or an equivalentprogram designated by that agency.A person who has been convicted of a first-offense violation of Section 56-5-2930 must not drive a motorvehicle or provide transportation while in the official course of his duties as an employee of a childcarecenter, group childcare home, family childcare home, or church or religious childcare center.If the person subsequently is convicted of, receives a sentence upon a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere,or forfeits bail posted for a violation of Section 56-5-2930 or for a violation of another law or ordinance ofthis State or any other state or of a municipality of this State or any other state that prohibits a person fromoperating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, drugs, or narcotics, the person’semployment must be terminated;(5) the offenses enumerated in Section 16-1-10(D); or(6) a criminal offense similar in nature to the crimes listed in this subsection committed in otherjurisdictions or under federal law.This section does not prohibit employment or provision of caregiver services when a conviction or pleaof guilty or nolo contendere for one of the crimes enumerated in this subsection has been pardoned.However, notwithstanding the entry of a pardon, an operator or the department may consider all informationavailable, including the person’s pardoned convictions or pleas and the circumstances surrounding them, todetermine whether the applicant is unfit or otherwise unsuited for employment or to provide caregiverservices.(B) A person who has been convicted of a crime enumerated in subsection (A) who applies foremployment with, is employed by, or is a caregiver at a childcare center, group childcare home, familychildcare home, or church or religious childcare center is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.(C) Application forms for employment at childcare centers, group childcare homes, family childcarehomes, or church or religious childcare centers must include, at the top of the form in large bold type, astatement indicating that a person who has been convicted of a crime enumerated in subsection (A) whoapplies for employment with, is employed by, or seeks to provide caregiver services or is a caregiver at a

facility is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollarsor imprisoned not more than one year, or both.(D)(1) To be employed by or to provide caregiver services at a childcare facility licensed, registered, orapproved under this subarticle, a person first shall undergo a state fingerprint-based background check tobe conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to determine any state criminal history, afingerprint-based background check to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determineany other criminal history, and a Central Registry check to be conducted by the department to determineany abuse or neglect perpetrated by the person upon a child.(2) However, a person may be provisionally employed or may provisionally provide caregiver servicesafter the favorable completion of the State Law Enforcement Division name and date of birth-basedbackground check until such time as the SLED and Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-basedbackground checks, and the Central Registry check are completed if the person executes a sworn st

South Carolina Child Care Licensing Law South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 63 (Children’s Code), Chapter 13 Sections 63-13-10 through 63-13-1240 South Carolina Department of Social Services Division of Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services 1535 Confederate Ave. Columbia, SC 29201 DSS Booklet 2955 (NOV 15) Edition of MAR 09 is obsolete.

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