143BOngoing management of family day care educators

143B Ongoing management of family day care educators

143B Ongoing management of family day care educators

An approved provider of a family day care service must take reasonable steps to ensure that—

(a) each family day care educator engaged by or registered with the service maintains an adequate knowledge and understanding of the provision of education and care to children; and

(b) any serious incident that occurs while a child is being educated and cared for by a family day care educator as part of the service is adequately addressed; and

(c) any complaints alleging that this Law has been contravened or that a serious incident has occurred or is occurring while a child was or is being educated and cared for by a family day care educator is adequately addressed.

Penalty—

(a) for a large child care provider—$19,800; or

(b) otherwise—$6,600.