Outdoor Activity Space for School-Age Children

101538.2

(a) In addition to Section 101238.2, the following shall apply:

(b) In combination programs, outdoor activity space provided for school-age child care center children shall be physically separated from space provided for other child care center children.

(1) Physical separation between school-age and other child care center children shall not apply when a planned activity is being conducted.

(c) School-age child care programs that meet the requirements of Health and Safety Code Section 1596.806 are exempt from square-footage requirements for outdoor activity space.

(1) Health and Safety Code Sections 1596.806(b), (b)(1) and (d) pertain to the exemption from square-footage requirements for outdoor activity space for school-age child care programs that meet the requirements of Health and Safety Code Section 1596.806.

Health and Safety Code Sections 1596.806(b), (b)(1) and (d) state:

(b) School grounds, other than rooms used as classrooms, used by a schoolage child care program operated on a functioning schoolsite pursuant to either paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) shall be exempt from all of the following requirements imposed by the department on child day care facilities:

(1) Fencing, outdoor activity space, toilet, and isolation space requirements....

(d) For purposes of this section, "schoolage child care program" means a program for children who are four years and nine months or older and are currently enrolled in a school or are dependent children living within the same household as a child attending a school, operated by an entity that contracts with the school to provide staff and program....

(d) The exemption from square-footage requirements for outdoor activity space is only valid if the entire program is operated in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 1596.806.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 1596.81, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1596.72, 1596.73, 1596.806 and 1596.81, Health and Safety Code.