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Rules, Regulations and Safety Guidelines
Who sets the rules?
The Minnesota Legislature provides guidance to licensed family
child care providers through various rules, regulations and safety
requirements.
How do I learn about the rules?
Providers will be given the information they need to help them
obtain and maintain a license through:
 What are some specific rules, regulations and
safety requirements I should know about?
The Family Child Care Licensing Rule
The primary set of rules, regulations and requirements for family
child care in Minnesota is Minnesota Rules, Parts
9502.0300-9502.0445, also known as the Family Child Care Rule,
Licensing Rule and Rule 2.
You can view the complete rule at the
Minnesota
Rules Web site. There is also a
Summary of Minnesota Child
Care Rules for Parents on this Web site.
Additional Regulations
The Family Child Care Rule is supplemented by specific laws
passed by the Minnesota Legislature. Below you can view summaries of
applicable law from various sessions of the legislature. (In Adobe Acrobat format. You will need to have the free
Adobe Acrobat Reader program installed on your computer.)
- 2006 Session
- Syrup of ipecac is no longer required as of May 15, 2006.
- First Aid/CPR training for substitutes less than 30 hours in a
12 month period.
- Early Childhood Development training required for new
providers.
- Licensed child care providers must complete eight hours of
training each year.
- Family child care providers may use a mesh sided playpen or
crib that has not been identified as unsafe on the Consumer
Product Safety website.
- Changes to the crib safety standards and inspections.
- Provides that the set aside of a disqualification or variance
to a licenseholder is not public data if the subject is under 18
and the disqualification is for misdemeanor theft.
- Provides that the notice regarding a set-aside or variance
does not need to be given if it is for a juvenile under 18 and the
disqualification is for misdemeanor theft.
- 2005 Session
- Posting correction orders.
- Requirement to post licensing order or fine.
- First aid/CPR training requirements.
- Shaken Baby Syndrome training/video.
- Crib safety requirements.
- Child Passenger restraint systems training.
- Background study provisions changed or modified.
- Government Data Practices.
- 2004 Session
- Reconsideration of correction orders.
- Temporary immediate suspension.
- Background study provisions changed or modified.
- License holder record keeping.
- 2003 Session
- Recodifying and reorganizing the background study provisions
into a new law, Minnesota Statute 245C.
- Establish fees for licensing
- 2002 Session
- 2001 Session
- SIDS training
- Data practices
- 2000 Session
- Child care licensing in a church or religious organization
- Background study changes
- 1999 Session
- Unlicensed child care
- Denial of licensure
- Age group definitions
- 1998 Session
- Employer child care
- Americans with disabilities act (ADA)
Articles from Anoka County Child Care Licensing
Anoka County Child Care Licensing publishes articles about rules,
regulations and guidelines for licensed providers. Here are
several key articles.
Forms
Many of the forms used in a family child care setting have
information about rules, regulations and guidelines. See the
Forms page on this Web site. Below are
examples of forms with important information:
 To read and print Adobe Acrobat
(PDF) files, you must have the
Acrobat Reader program, which is free and can be downloaded
from the Adobe Web site.
page last updated -
11/29/2006
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