Regulations

Compliance → Regulations holds the childcare licensing regulations that apply to your facility, based on your state.

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Filter by category — staff qualifications, health and safety, physical environment, transportation, food service, child-to-staff ratios, record keeping, emergency procedures, supervision, discipline, parent communication, licensing and permits, background checks, training requirements and other.

Each regulation shows its title, category and citation. Open it for the requirement text, which facility types it applies to, its effective date, a View source link to the state website, and Version history where the text has changed.

Verification status

An icon on each regulation shows how current it is: Verified, Needs Review, Stale or Unverified, with the month it was last verified, or Never verified.

Check that status before you rely on a regulation. Anything Stale or Unverified should be confirmed on the state’s own website — the View source link takes you there.

Regulation Assistant

Ask questions in plain English, limited to your state’s regulations:

• What are the staff-to-child ratios?
• What are the background check requirements?
• What are the indoor space requirements?
• What training is required for staff?

Answers cite their sources, each expandable, with a View on state website link.

Take this as a reference, not as advice

The screen says it plainly, and it is worth repeating: these are AI-generated answers over a copy of your state’s regulations, which may have been updated since they were last verified. Always verify current requirements with your licensing agency before making a compliance decision.

Use the assistant to find the right rule quickly, then read the rule itself. For anything that affects a ratio, a qualification, a building requirement or an enrollment decision, confirm with your agency and keep a note of who told you what, and when.