Alberta child care licensing act and regulation

New Incident Report Form for Programs PDF, 84 KB — Licence holders are required to report serious illness, injury to a child, or any other incident that occurs while the child is attending a program that may seriously affect the health or safety of the child. Find out how to appeal a decision about child care licensing.

There is a different process for becoming a family day home educator if you are interested in providing child care in your private residence for 6 or fewer children not including your own under a licensed family day home agency. For more information, see Become a family day home educator. Connect with Child Care Connect if you have questions about applying for and receiving a child care licence:.

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Facility-based child care licences How to get a licence To apply for a facility-based child care licence in Alberta, contact early learning and child care staff. Child Care Licensing Handbook for facility-based programs The Child Care Licensing Handbook: Facility-based Programs provides guidance and information about: how you can apply for or renew a child care licence what is involved in inspecting and monitoring a licensed child care program terms used in the act and regulation how to appeal or dispute a licensing decision how to report incidents other important information to assist you with being licensed This handbook does not supersede the act or regulation.

Application package for licensed facilities. To fill in and save the form: Save the PDF form to your computer — click or right-click the link and download the form.

Fill it in and save it. Day care centers--Accreditation--Alberta. Day care centers--Standards--Alberta. Open Government Licence - Alberta. Alberta Human Services. Publications Alberta child care licensing handbook. Summary Detailed Information Description If you are a child care program licence holder or a prospective licence holder, you may find this handbook helpful.

Resources Alberta child care licensing handbook More information Download Downloads: Title and publication information Type Guide. Extent 31 pages. As you will note in the document, there are some questions to consider. To view the new Act, go here.

To view the new Regulations, go here.