Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) A
confidential file shall be maintained on each staff person and contain at least
the following information:
1) A copy of a form
prescribed by the Department that contains information on persons employed in
the day care center;
2) A record of
current medical examination on a form prescribed by the Department;
3) Three written character references,
verified by the day care center;
4)
Proof of educational achievement as required for the individual's position.
Foreign credentials require additional documentation providing a statement of
the equivalency in the U.S. educational system;
5) Verification of previous experience, when
such experience is considered as part of the individual's qualifications for
his or her position; and
6) A
signed statement that acknowledges the employee's status as a mandated reporter
of suspected child abuse and neglect.
b) Authorizations for and results of the
background check required by 89 Ill. Adm. Code 385, Background Checks, shall be
maintained in a separate and confidential file.
c) The Department shall be notified by the
next business day when there is a change of director or school-age director.
Other staff changes, including a change in an employee's position status within
the center, shall be reported to the Department monthly in a form prescribed by
the Department. Name changes shall be documented in the personnel
file.
d) For any individual who
serves as a child care facility driver, a driver application shall be submitted
to the Department with a copy of the current medical report that was completed
not more than 60 days prior to assuming duties as a child care driver. If an
individual holds a valid school bus driver permit and is currently employed by
a school district or parochial school, a copy of the school bus driver permit
may be substituted for the required medical examination.
e) The day care center shall maintain written
documentation of the following:
1) That a
person certified in food service sanitation is on site to manage the
preparation and/or service of food, including the service of catered food. This
requirement does not apply if the center serves no food, or serves only
prepackaged prepared snacks. Refer to the Illinois Department of Public Health,
Food Service Sanitation Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 750);
2) That in-service training is being provided
as required for the child care director and each member of the child care
staff;
3) That an employee who has
successfully completed training and is currently certified in first-aid,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the Heimlich maneuver is on site at all
times. CPR certification shall be specific for all age groups served (infant,
child and adult);
4) Mandated
Reporter Training certificates identifying that all required staff have
completed the DCFS-approved Mandated Reporter Training; and
5) If the center is licensed to serve
infants, current training certificates and attendance records that the day care
center director, and other staff as required, have completed DCFS-approved
trainings on SIDS, SUID, SBS and the safe sleep recommendations of the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
f) The day care center shall submit copies of
the following to the Department for the child care director and any person
designated to serve as alternate director:
1)
Proof of educational achievement, including course descriptions if necessary;
and
2) Three written
references.
g) The
records required by this Section shall be maintained in a locked file at the
day care center.
