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2020 Code of Virginia
Title 22.1 - Education
Chapter 14.1 - Early Childhood Care and Education
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 22.1-289.04. Early childhood care and education advisory committee
- § 22.1-289.02. Definitions
- § 22.1-289.03. Early childhood care and education system; establishment
- § 22.1-289.05. Quality rating and improvement system; establishment
- § 22.1-289.06. Confidential records and information; penalty
- § 22.1-289.07. Information related to shaken baby syndrome
- § 22.1-289.08. Board to investigate child day programs at direction of Governor
Article 2. Virginia Preschool Initiative
Article 3. Licensure
- § 22.1-289.010. Application fees; regulations and schedules; use of fees; certain facilities, centers and agencies exempt
- § 22.1-289.011. Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of participants or children; posting of licenses
- § 22.1-289.012. Local government to report business licenses issued to child day centers and family day homes
- § 22.1-289.013. Investigation on receipt of application
- § 22.1-289.014. Variances
- § 22.1-289.015. Voluntary registration of family day homes; inspections; investigation upon receipt of complaint; revocation or suspension of registration
- § 22.1-289.016. Unlicensed and unregistered family day homes; notice to parents
- § 22.1-289.017. Compliance with Uniform Statewide Building Code
- § 22.1-289.018. Inspections and interviews
- § 22.1-289.019. Inspections of child day programs and family day systems; prioritization
- § 22.1-289.020. Issuance or refusal of license; notification; provisional and conditional licenses
- § 22.1-289.021. Records and reports
- § 22.1-289.022. Enforcement and sanctions; child day programs and family day systems; revocation and denial
- § 22.1-289.023. Enforcement and sanctions; special orders; civil penalties
- § 22.1-289.024. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Appeal from refusal, denial of renewal, or revocation of license
- § 22.1-289.024. (Effective January 1 2022) Appeal from refusal, denial of renewal, or revocation of license
- § 22.1-289.025. Right to appeal notice of intent; child day programs and family day systems operated by agencies of the Commonwealth
- § 22.1-289.026. Injunction against operation without license
- § 22.1-289.027. Offenses; penalty
- § 22.1-289.028. Misleading advertising prohibited
- § 22.1-289.029. Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth
Article 4. Unlicensed Programs
- § 22.1-289.030. Exemptions from licensure
- § 22.1-289.031. Child day center operated by religious institution exempt from licensure; annual statement and documentary evidence required; enforcement; injunctive relief
- § 22.1-289.032. Certification of preschool or nursery school programs operated by accredited private schools; provisional certification; annual statement and documentary evidence required; enforcement; injunctive relief
- § 22.1-289.033. Inspection of unlicensed child care operations; inspection warrant
Article 5. Background Checks
- § 22.1-289.034. Barrier crime; construction
- § 22.1-289.035. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Licensed child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems; employment for compensation or use as volunteers of persons convicted of or found to have committed certain offenses prohibited; national background check required; penalty
- § 22.1-289.035. (Effective January 1, 2022) Licensed child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems; employment for compensation or use as volunteers of persons convicted of or found to have committed certain offenses prohibited; national background check required; penalty
- § 22.1-289.036. Background check upon application for licensure, registration, or approval as child day center, family day home, or family day system; penalty
- § 22.1-289.037. Revocation or denial of renewal based on background checks; failure to obtain background check
- § 22.1-289.038. Child day programs and family day systems; criminal conviction and waiver
- § 22.1-289.039. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty
- § 22.1-289.039. (Effective January 1, 2022) Records check by unlicensed child day center; penalty
- § 22.1-289.040. Child day centers and family day homes receiving federal, state, or local child care funds; eligibility requirements
- § 22.1-289.041. Sex offender or child abuser prohibited from operating or residing in family day home; penalty
Article 6. Complaints
- § 22.1-289.042. Establishment of toll-free telephone line for complaints; investigation on receipt of complaints
- § 22.1-289.043. Confidentiality of complainant's identity
- § 22.1-289.044. Retaliation or discrimination against complainants
- § 22.1-289.045. Retaliation against reports of child abuse or neglect
Article 7. Regulations and Interdepartmental Cooperation
- § 22.1-289.046. Regulations for child day programs and family day systems
- § 22.1-289.047. Interagency agreements; cooperation of Department with other departments
- § 22.1-289.048. Program leaders and child-care supervisors at licensed child day centers; approved credential
Article 8. Facilities and Programs
- § 22.1-289.049. Regulated child day programs to require proof of child identity and age; report to law-enforcement agencies
- § 22.1-289.050. Insurance notice requirements for family day homes; civil penalty
- § 22.1-289.051. Dual licenses for certain child day centers
- § 22.1-289.052. Asbestos inspection required for child day centers
- § 22.1-289.053. Delay in acting on application or in notification
- § 22.1-289.054. Visitation by parents or guardians in child day programs
- § 22.1-289.055. Public funds to be withheld for serious or persistent violations
- § 22.1-289.056. (Effective July 1, 2021) Storage of firearms in certain family day homes
- § 22.1-289.057. (Effective July 1, 2021) Child day programs and certain other programs; potable water; lead testing
- § 22.1-289.058. Child day programs and certain other programs; carbon monoxide detectors
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