Child day care: safety.

Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates child day care centers and family day care homes. Existing law requires day care center directors and licensees of large family day care homes to ensure that at least one staff member who has a current course completion in pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR, as specified, is onsite when children are present and is present with the children when they are offsite for facility activities. Willful or repeated violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would make the above provision applicable to all family day care homes. By enlarging the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.