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Planned Activities and Resident/Facility Councils Waiver. Facility may waive planned activities, group meetings, and limit internal group activities as necessary for prevention, containment, and mitigation measures. This waiver applies to group activities as described in HSC section 1512.5 and Title 22, CCR, sections 82079, 85079, 87219 and 87221.
ASC licensees shall implement the waivers on an as-needed basis, in a reasonable manner and in accordance with any guidance or instructions from CDSS, health care providers, CDC, CDPH, and local health departments. All facilities shall continue to comply with standards that have not been waived in this PIN’s statewide waiver or pursuant to a different individual waiver under procedures set forth in PIN 20-04-CCLD.
Effective Dates of Statewide Waiver
This statewide waiver shall be in effect until June 1, 2020 but may be extended depending on any future guidance from CDSS, CDC, CDPH, and local health departments.
The employer shall distribute a copy of this waiver to parents or legal guardians of all children in care, obtain a signed acknowledgement of receipt from them, and retain a copy in each child’s file. Acknowledgements shall be placed in a child’s file immediately once a child starts attending the program.
Staff-to-Child Ratio Waiver
A family child care home, day care center, school-age child care center or infant care center may waive adult-to-child, teacher-child, or staff-infant ratios as necessary for prevention, containment, and mitigation measures, as long as the health and safety of children is not compromised. The ratio of child to staff in a family child care home shall be no greater than 10:1. This waiver shall not apply to staffing for water activities.
A child care facility, not including a large family child care home, may waive capacity requirements if there is an immediate need for child care in the facility’s area due to school closures as a result COVID-19, as long as staffing remains sufficient to meet the health and safety needs of children in care. Capacity for small family child care homes shall not exceed fourteen children.
New staff at a licensed facility, or a new TrustLine provider, may start caring for children immediately upon submission of a request to transfer a current CDSS criminal record clearance or exemption and child abuse clearance. This waiver applies to background check requirements under Health and Safety Code sections
Staff Training: New staff may start work as soon as they provide proof of completion of first aid training, which may be completed online. The new staff shall be trained on the specific tasks they will be performing, prior to performing those tasks, and shall not be left unsupervised while children are present in the facility. Initial training requirements shall be met within thirty days of starting employment.
A child care licensee’s revised policies that are impacted by the waiver shall be developed in compliance with the most recent CDC, CDSS, CDPH, and/or local health department COVID-19 guidance and be readily available for the public’s review. The policy must include a justification for the need of a waiver.
Facility may limit entry to only individuals who need entry as necessary for prevention, containment, and mitigation measures. In lieu of in-person visits and social gatherings (either through limiting or discouraging), facilities should make arrangements for alternate means of communication for visitors such as phone calls, video conferencing, and online communications.
