Sec. 19a-77a. Child day care services in retail stores. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 19a-77a. Child day care services in retail stores. (a) Any retail establishment in this state may establish a drop-in supplementary child-care operation on the premises of such retail establishment in accordance with the following requirements:

      (1) The hours of operation may only be between six o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock p.m.

      (2) No child receiving care shall be less than three years or more than ten years of age.

      (3) A child may not receive more than two hours of care per day.

      (4) The operation may immediately notify appropriate law enforcement or state agencies if any child receiving care at such operation is not picked up by a parent or guardian after three hours.

      (5) A parent or guardian shall be on the premises at the retail establishment at all times while the child is receiving care.

      (6) The retail establishment shall provide a clean and safe area for the drop-in supplementary child-care operation.

      (7) At all times the operation shall provide (A) at least one child-care staff person for every ten children, and (B) at least one child-care staff person who is twenty years of age or older who has experience in child care.

      (8) The operation shall submit the names of all child-care staff to the Commissioner of Public Health, who shall request a check of such names from the state child abuse registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k.

      (b) Any retail establishment that establishes a drop-in supplementary child-care operation under subsection (a) of this section shall provide the Commissioner of Public Health with written notice of the establishment of such operation. The commissioner may monitor and inspect any such operation and shall investigate any complaint received by the commissioner concerning any such operation.

      (P.A. 98-71, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-67; P.A. 01-175, S. 14, 32; P.A. 03-243, S. 10; P.A. 04-257, S. 36; P.A. 05-207, S. 8.)

      History: P.A. 98-71 effective May 19, 1998; P.A. 99-67 deleted provision terminating authority for child care in retail stores on October 1, 1999, and deleted obsolete reporting requirement; P.A. 01-175 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(7) and deleted criminal records check requirement in Subsec. (a)(8), effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-243 added "for perpetrator information" in Subsec. (a)(8); P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(2), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 05-207 amended Subsec. (a) to delete requirement that commissioner request check of state child abuse registry for perpetrator information.