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ontario regulation 274/16

made under the

Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014

Made: July 20, 2016
Filed: August 2, 2016
Published on e-Laws: August 2, 2016
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 20, 2016

Amending O. Reg. 137/15

(GENERAL)

1. (1) Subparagraph 2 iii of section 3.1 of Ontario Regulation 137/15, as made by subsection 4 (1) of Ontario Regulation 126/16, is amended by adding “sport organization or” before “multi-sport”.

(2) Subparagraph 2 iii of section 3.1 of the Regulation, as remade by subsection 4 (2) of Ontario Regulation 126/16, is amended by adding “sport organization or” before “multi-sport”.

2. Subsection 8 (4) of the Regulation, as remade by subsection 9 (3) of Ontario Regulation 126/16, is revoked and the following substituted:

(4) Despite subsections (1) and (3), the ratio of employees to children for a licensed age group may be reduced to less than that required under those subsections, in accordance with the following:

1. The reduced ratio shall not be less than two-thirds of the required ratio.

2. Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, the reduced ratio may be in effect only during the periods of arrival and departure of children and during the rest period.

3. For the purposes of paragraph 2, the periods of arrival and departure are,

i. for a child care centre that has a program that runs for six hours or more in a day, the 90-minute period after the program starts each day and the 60-minute period before the program ends each day; and

ii. for a child care centre that has a program that runs for less than six hours a day, the 30-minute period after the program starts each day and the 30-minute period before the program ends each day.

4. The reduced ratio shall not apply at any time in respect of a licensed infant group or in respect of children younger than 12 months in a licensed infant/toddler group.

5. The reduced ratio shall not apply during outdoor play periods.

3. (1) Subsection 45 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “and” at the end of clause (b).

(2) Subsection 45 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following clause:

(d) for a child care centre, a statement that the child care centre has emergency management policies and procedures described in section 68.1 and a statement regarding how parents will be notified if an emergency occurs; and

(3) Subsection 45 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following clause:

(e) a copy of the policies and procedures described in section 75.1.

(4) Subsection 45 (2) of the Regulation is amended by adding “free of charge” after “available” in the portion before clause (a).

4. (1) The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Waiting lists

75.1 No licensee shall charge or collect a fee or deposit for the placement of a child on a waiting list for admission to a child care centre or home child care agency.

(2) Section 75.1 of the Regulation, as made by subsection (1) is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2) Every licensee that establishes or maintains a waiting list described in subsection (1) shall develop written policies and procedures that,

(a) explain how the licensee determines the order in which children on the waiting list are offered admission; and

(b) provide that the waiting list will be made available in a manner that maintains the privacy and confidentiality of the children listed on it, but that allows the position of a child on the list to be ascertained by the affected persons or families.

Revocation

5. Subsection 30 (3) of Ontario Regulation 126/16 is revoked.

Commencement

6. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Subsection 4 (1) comes into force on September 1, 2016.

(3) Subsections 3 (3) and 4 (2) come into force on January 1, 2017.

(4) Section 2 and subsections 3 (2) and (4) come into force on September 1, 2017.

 

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