Education and Care Services National Regulations
178Prescribed enrolment and other documents to be kept by family day care educator
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178 Prescribed enrolment and other documents to be kept by family day care educator
178 Prescribed enrolment and other documents to be kept by family day care educator
(1) For the purposes of section 175(3) of the Law, the following documents are prescribed in relation to each child educated and cared for by the family day care educator as part of a family day care service—
(a) the documentation of child assessments or evaluations for delivery of the educational program as set out in regulation 74;
(b) an incident, injury, trauma and illness record as set out in regulation 87;
(c) a medication record as set out in regulation 92;
(d) a children’s attendance record as set out in regulation 159;
(e) child enrolment records as set out in regulation 160;
(f) a record of visitors to the family day care residence or approved family day care venue as set out in regulation 165.
(2) The family day care educator must take reasonable steps to ensure the documents referred to in subregulation (1) are accurate.
Penalty: $2200.
(3) Subject to Subdivision 4 and subregulations (4) and (5), the family day care educator must ensure that the documents referred to in subregulation (1) in relation to a child enrolled at the service are made available to a parent of the child on request.
Penalty: $2200.
(4) If a parent’s access to information of the kind in the documents referred to in subregulation (1) is limited by an order of a court, the family day care educator must refer to the court order in relation to the release of information concerning the child to that parent.
(5) Before disclosing to a parent of a child enrolled at the service any personal information relating to a person specified in subregulation (6) that is contained in a document referred to in subregulation (1), the family day care educator must obtain the written consent of the person to whom the personal information relates to the disclosure of that personal information.
(6) The following persons are specified—
(a) a parent of a child enrolled at the service, if that person is not the parent making the request under subregulation (3);