N.Y. Social Services Law Section 390-N
Child care support center

  • operating certificate required

1.

For purposes of this section, “child care support center” shall mean an entity operating as a child care resource and referral program as defined in title five-B of this article that is certified by the office of children and family services to place individuals as substitute caregivers at child day care centers, group family day care homes, family day care homes, or school age child care programs as defined in § 390 (Child day care)section three hundred ninety of this title for the purpose of providing child day care.

2.

The office of children and family services shall be authorized to certify child care support centers and may, at its discretion, limit the number of operating certificates issued. The office of children and family services shall regulate and monitor child care support centers.

3.

No entity may place substitute caregivers at child day care centers, group family day care homes, family day care homes, or school age child care programs unless it possesses a valid operating certificate issued by the office of children and family services.

4.

Prior to placing an individual as a substitute caregiver at a child day care center, group family day care home, family day care home, or school age child care program as defined in § 390 (Child day care)section three hundred ninety of this title for the purpose of providing child day care, a child care support center shall verify that the substitute caregiver has met the:

(a)

standards and training requirements set forth in § 390-A (Standards and training for child day care)section three hundred ninety-a of this title for child day care program employees;

(b)

criminal history review and background clearance requirements of § 390-B (Criminal history review and background clearances of child care providers, generally)section three hundred ninety-b of this title for prospective employees of a child day care program; and

(c)

any other requirements established by the regulations of the office of children and family services.

5.

Any child day care program licensed or registered by the office of children and family services shall be authorized to request placement of a substitute caregiver by a child care support center in accordance with procedures established by the child care support center.

6.

Operating certificates issued under this section shall remain valid unless surrendered by the child care support center or revoked by the office of children and family services. The office of children and family services may revoke an operating certificate at any time upon a determination that the child care support center has not operated in accordance with applicable state or federal law.

7.

The office of children and family services shall deny an application for certification of a child care support center if the applicant had an operating certificate revoked within the two years prior to the date of application. * NB Effective May 9, 2026

Source: Section 390-N — Child care support center; operating certificate required, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/SOS/390-N (updated May 16, 2025; accessed May 14, 2025).

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Definitions Unless the context or the subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation, when used in this article or in any ... 371–A
Procedure 371–B
Citizen review panels 372
Records and reports 372–B
Adoption services 372–C
Putative father registry 372–D
Adoption services 372–E
Adoption applications 372–F
Statewide adoption service 372–G
Abandoned infant protection program 372–H
Reporting on post adoption services 373
Religious faith 373–A
Medical histories 374
Authority to place out or board out children 374–A
Interstate compact on the placement of children 374–B
Authority to operate agency boarding home 374–C
Authority to operate group homes 374–D
Authority to operate public institutions for children 374–E
Authority to place out or board out children with therapeutic foster parents 374–F
Authority to enter into leases for dwelling units 375
Requirement of certificate or license to board children 376
Certificate to board children and/or minors under age of eighteen years 377
License to board children 378
Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses 378–A
Access to conviction records by authorized agencies 379
Revocation of certificates and licenses 380
Boarding and free homes 381
Maternity homes 382
Responsibility for children without state residence 383
Care and custody of children 383–A
Immunity from liability for application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard 383–B
Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute children 383–C
Guardianship and custody of children in foster care 384
Guardianship and custody of children not in foster care 384–A
Transfer of care and custody of children 384–B
Guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent children 384–C
Notice in certain proceedings to fathers of children born out-of-wedlock 385
Orders 386
Visitation 387
Ineligibility for public foster care funds 388
Special charters 389
Penalty for violations 390
Child day care 390–A
Standards and training for child day care 390–B
Criminal history review and background clearances of child care providers, generally 390–C
Notice of pesticide applications 390–C*2
Additional powers and duties of the office of children and family services 390–D
Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools and bodies of water on the grounds of family day care homes or group family day car... 390–E
Criminal history review 390–F
Report on child care insurance 390–G
Pesticide alternatives 390–H
Notice requirement before closing certain day care centers 390–I
Notice of inspection report 390–J
Performance summary card in a city having a population of one million or more 390–L
Securing of furniture 390–M
Window coverings 390–N
Child care support center 391
Violation 392
Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers 393
Court review of placement in a qualified residential treatment program 393*2
Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or adoption proceedings
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Accessed:
May 14, 2025

Last modified:
May 16, 2025

§ 390-N’s source at nysenate​.gov

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