South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 114 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Article 5 - LICENSING
Subarticle 1 - DAY CARE FACILITIES
Section 114-500 - General Provisions
Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 114-500
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. Purpose
(1) The purpose of these regulations is to
establish standards that protect the health, safety and well-being of children
receiving care in child care facilities, through the formulation, application
and enforcement of these regulations.
B. Applicability
(1) These regulations apply to child care
centers as defined in section 114-501.A.(9) relating to definitions for profit
and private child care centers.
(2)
These regulations apply equally to profit, not for profit and private child
care centers.
(3) These regulations
do not apply to the following:
(a) Educational
facilities, whether private or public, which operate solely for educational
purposes in grade one or above;
(b)
Five-year-old kindergarten programs;
(c) Kindergartens or nursery schools or other
daytime programs, with or without stated educational purposes, operating no
more than four hours a day and receiving children younger than lawful school
age;
(d) Facilities operating for
more than four hours a day in connection with a shopping center or service or
other similar facility, where the same children are cared for less than four
hours a day and not on a regular basis while parents or custodians of the
children are occupied on the premises or are in the immediate vicinity and
immediately available; however, these facilities must meet local fire and
sanitation requirements and maintain documentation of these requirements on
file at the facility available for public inspection;
(e) School vacation or school holiday day
camps for children operating in distinct sessions running less than three weeks
per session, unless the day camp permits children to enroll in successive
sessions so that their total attendance may exceed three consecutive
weeks;
(f) Summer resident camps
for children;
(g) Bible schools
normally conducted during vacation periods;
(h) Facilities for persons with intellectual
disability provided in Chapter 21, Title 44, Code of Laws of South
Carolina;
(i) Facilities for the
mentally ill as provided for in Chapter 17, Title 44, Code of Laws of South
Carolina; and
(j) Child care
centers owned and operated by a local church congregation or an established
religious denomination or a religious college or university which does not
receive state or federal financial assistance for child care services; however,
these facilities must comply with the provisions of Code of Laws of South
Carolina; Sections
63-13-1010
through
63-13-1080;
63-13-60 and 63-13-110 and that these facilities voluntarily may elect to
become licensed according to the process as set forth in Code of Laws of South
Carolina; Sections
63-13-10
through
63-13-40;
63-13-70 through 63-13-100; 63-13-120, 63-13-140, 63-13-160, 63-13-180;
63-13-410 through 63-13-460 and 63-13-1210 through 63-13-1240.
C. Access to and within the center, and physical site accommodations and equipment, shall be provided for children with disabilities to meet their health and safety needs in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
CODE COMMISSIONER'S NOTE
Pursuant to 2011 Act No. 47, Section 14(B), the Code Commissioner substituted "intellectual disability" for "mental retardation" and "person with intellectual disability" or "persons with intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded".
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