Ridiculous Regulations

[Annalee]

Regulations when I started in 1992 consisted of 2 unannounced visits from licensing with hardly any count of children in my care....Fast Forward to 2001 when QRIS comes into play and with no stars, a providers gets 6 unannounced visits a year one announced from licensing...2 visits from health/environment, 1 visit from fire martial, 4 visits from food program...and recently we have been told reliability checks can possibly happen meaning someone can come behind licensing to check if they are doing their job....This is in addition to the annual ASSESSMENT REPORT CARD! If you receive the highest 3 stars, you get 3 unannounced visits one announced licensing visit per year.....the other visits from health/food/fire remain the same....I do see this getting more and more.....I have rolled with it for 22 years and will continue to roll, but I still feel some of this is kind of monotonous. :confused:

[preschoolteacher]

The dumbest one here is the one that does not allow the daycare provider's child to leave the designated daycare area with the other parent during childcare hours. "They are subject to the rules to which all of the daycare children are subject" is what we are told.
They also cannot go to their own rooms during daycare hours unless their room is designated as a daycare area.

Yes, I'm in this county and this rule is enforced. So my son can never go in non-daycare rooms with my husband during daycare hours. And on top of that, I was told that if it's a normally scheduled work day for me but all my kids are absent, I still must remain in the licensed daycare parts of my house with my son although he'd be the only kid here.

Ridiculous!!!

[SignMeUp]

Yes, we get regular monthly newsletter e-mails from our licensor but my county doesn't have any rules/regulations the state doesn't have.

Thankfully.

Ours says it has a newsletter. It used to be quarterly. The last one was March 2013. There were two in 2012. I believe at some point, someone said that since we are businesses, it is our job to keep up with new information, not their job to tell us about it.
Also, where some of the stuff we are now required to do, comes from state laws, but it's stuff that is scattered all throughout ALL of the statutes, and they have now decided to apply it to child care providers, because we are businesses.

[LysesKids]

Yes, I'm in this county and this rule is enforced. So my son can never go in non-daycare rooms with my husband during daycare hours. And on top of that, I was told that if it's a normally scheduled work day for me but all my kids are absent, I still must remain in the licensed daycare parts of my house with my son although he'd be the only kid here.

Ridiculous!!!

Yeah... that would never fly with me; glad I don't live there, however I did consider a few years ago when visiting Fargo, ND. The fact you have to be licensed for one kid cancelled that idea immediately

[SignMeUp]

Yes, I'm in this county and this rule is enforced. So my son can never go in non-daycare rooms with my husband during daycare hours. And on top of that, I was told that if it's a normally scheduled work day for me but all my kids are absent, I still must remain in the licensed daycare parts of my house with my son although he'd be the only kid here.

Ridiculous!!!

And that's what I call "jumped the shark"

[SignMeUp]

My least favorite part over-all is the way they enforce these things with NO explanation. Maybe there's a reason. Maybe something happened somewhere that caused this regulation.

If so, TELL US. EXPLAIN. We are adults; we can handle it. And it's developmentally appropriate ::

[NightOwl]

Oh we also have the no broom on the floor thing. Also, the mop. Lol. So stupid...

[Angelsj]

Yes, I'm in this county and this rule is enforced. So my son can never go in non-daycare rooms with my husband during daycare hours. And on top of that, I was told that if it's a normally scheduled work day for me but all my kids are absent, I still must remain in the licensed daycare parts of my house with my son although he'd be the only kid here.

Ridiculous!!!

I am so glad my licensor doesn't try this crap. I would be so done! I would be taking that to the highest levels.

[nothingwithoutjoy]

I was told that if it's a normally scheduled work day for me but all my kids are absent, I still must remain in the licensed daycare parts of my house with my son although he'd be the only kid here.

Ridiculous!!!

Ok, that's insane. I thought mine was bad, but it's nothing compared to that.

[Meeko]

We only have to do it if we have kids in diapers.

Still makes me mad, as the inspector is barely out of diapers herself...

[momofsix]

Yes, I'm in this county and this rule is enforced. So my son can never go in non-daycare rooms with my husband during daycare hours. And on top of that, I was told that if it's a normally scheduled work day for me but all my kids are absent, I still must remain in the licensed daycare parts of my house with my son although he'd be the only kid here.

Ridiculous!!!

So how about if you say you "picked up" your child from daycare so that now he's "home" with dad when you have kids or with you when no other kids show. Would that work?

[Childminder]

My least favorite part over-all is the way they enforce these things with NO explanation. Maybe there's a reason. Maybe something happened somewhere that caused this regulation.

If so, TELL US. EXPLAIN. We are adults; we can handle it. And it's developmentally appropriate

IF a regulation is ever in doubt or IF you should get written up for any violation that is questionable, request in writing the complete ruling and technical information. If she/he cannot show you the information, in writing, contact the State and get it waived and removed from your record. By email is a great way to do so because you have her/his id and it is in writing.

[Play Care]

Yes, I'm in this county and this rule is enforced. So my son can never go in non-daycare rooms with my husband during daycare hours. And on top of that, I was told that if it's a normally scheduled work day for me but all my kids are absent, I still must remain in the licensed daycare parts of my house with my son although he'd be the only kid here.

Ridiculous!!!

That seems like a violaiton of your husband's right. So he can never "pick up" his child from day care?:confused: Is there anyway you can get together with other providers to fight that?

[Annalee]

IF a regulation is ever in doubt or IF you should get written up for any violation that is questionable, request in writing the complete ruling and technical information. If she/he cannot show you the information, in writing, contact the State and get it waived and removed from your record. By email is a great way to do so because you have her/his id and it is in writing.

[melilley]

That seems like a violaiton of your husband's right. So he can never "pick up" his child from day care?:confused: Is there anyway you can get together with other providers to fight that?

I was thinking the same thing. It's ridiculous that the child's own father can't "pick" his own child up to spend time with their child! I don't see how this can even be a rule. And also if she doesn't have any kids on a day she's open, she has to stay in the dc area. That's ludicrous! I hope that's in writing somewhere, or else I would be fighting it!