245A.50 FAMILY CHILD CARE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
    Subdivision 1. Initial training. (a) License holders, caregivers, and substitutes must comply
with the training requirements in this section.
    (b) Helpers who assist with care on a regular basis must complete six hours of training within
one year after the date of initial employment.
    Subd. 2. Child growth and development training. (a) For purposes of family and group
family child care, the license holder and each adult caregiver who provides care in the licensed
setting for more than 30 days in any 12-month period shall complete and document at least two
hours of child growth and development training within the first year of licensure. For purposes of
this subdivision, "child growth and development training" means training in understanding how
children acquire language and develop physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially.
    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), individuals are exempt from this requirement if they:
    (1) have taken a three-credit course on early childhood development within the past five
years;
    (2) have received a baccalaureate or master's degree in early childhood education or
school-age child care within the past five years;
    (3) are licensed in Minnesota as a prekindergarten teacher, an early childhood educator, a
kindergarten to grade 6 teacher with a prekindergarten specialty, an early childhood special
education teacher, or an elementary teacher with a kindergarten endorsement; or
    (4) have received a baccalaureate degree with a Montessori certificate within the past five
years.
    Subd. 3. First aid. (a) When children are present in a family child care home governed by
Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0315 to 9502.0445, at least one staff person must be present in the
home who has been trained in first aid. The first aid training must have been provided by an
individual approved to provide first aid instruction. First aid training may be less than eight
hours and persons qualified to provide first aid training include individuals approved as first
aid instructors.
    (b) A family child care provider is exempt from the first aid training requirements under this
subdivision related to any substitute caregiver who provides less than 30 hours of care during
any 12-month period.
    (c) Video training reviewed and approved by the county licensing agency satisfies the
training requirement of this subdivision.
    Subd. 4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) When children are present in a family child
care home governed by Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0315 to 9502.0445, at least one staff person
must be present in the home who has been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and in
the treatment of obstructed airways. The CPR training must have been provided by an individual
approved to provide CPR instruction, must be repeated at least once every three years, and must
be documented in the staff person's records.
    (b) A family child care provider is exempt from the CPR training requirement in this
subdivision related to any substitute caregiver who provides less than 30 hours of care during
any 12-month period.
    (c) Video training reviewed and approved by the county licensing agency satisfies the
training requirement of this subdivision.
    Subd. 5. Sudden infant death syndrome and shaken baby syndrome training. (a)
License holders must document that before staff persons, caregivers, and helpers assist in the
care of infants, they are instructed on the standards in section 245A.1435 and receive training
on reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and shaken baby syndrome. The training
in this subdivision may be provided as initial training under subdivision 1 or ongoing training
under subdivision 7.
    (b) Training required under this subdivision must be at least one hour in length and must
be completed at least once every five years. At a minimum, the training must address the risk
factors related to sudden infant death syndrome and shaken baby syndrome, means of reducing
the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and shaken baby syndrome in child care, and license
holder communication with parents regarding reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome
and shaken baby syndrome.
    (c) Training for family and group family child care providers must be approved by the
county licensing agency.
    (d) The commissioner shall make available for viewing by all licensed child care providers a
video presentation on the dangers associated with shaking infants and young children. The video
presentation shall be part of the initial and ongoing training of licensed child care providers. The
commissioner shall provide to child care providers and interested individuals, at cost, copies of a
video approved by the commissioner of health under section 144.574 on the dangers associated
with shaking infants and young children.
    Subd. 6. Child passenger restraint systems; training requirement. (a) A license holder
must comply with all seat belt and child passenger restraint system requirements under section
169.685.
    (b) Family and group family child care programs licensed by the Department of Human
Services that serve a child or children under nine years of age must document training that fulfills
the requirements in this subdivision.
    (1) Before a license holder, staff person, caregiver, or helper transports a child or children
under age nine in a motor vehicle, the person placing the child or children in a passenger restraint
must satisfactorily complete training on the proper use and installation of child restraint systems
in motor vehicles. Training completed under this subdivision may be used to meet initial training
under subdivision 1 or ongoing training under subdivision 7.
    (2) Training required under this subdivision must be at least one hour in length, completed
at initial training, and repeated at least once every five years. At a minimum, the training must
address the proper use of child restraint systems based on the child's size, weight, and age, and the
proper installation of a car seat or booster seat in the motor vehicle used by the license holder
to transport the child or children.
    (3) Training under this subdivision must be provided by individuals who are certified and
approved by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety. License holders may obtain
a list of certified and approved trainers through the Department of Public Safety Web site or
by contacting the agency.
    (c) Child care providers that only transport school-age children as defined in section
245A.02, subdivision 19, paragraph (f), in child care buses as defined in section 169.448,
subdivision 1, paragraph (e), are exempt from this subdivision.
    Subd. 7. Training requirements for family and group family child care. For purposes of
family and group family child care, the license holder and each primary caregiver must complete
eight hours of training each year. For purposes of this subdivision, a primary caregiver is an adult
caregiver who provides services in the licensed setting for more than 30 days in any 12-month
period. Ongoing training subjects must be selected from the following areas:
    (1) "child growth and development training" has the meaning given in subdivision 2,
paragraph (a);
    (2) "learning environment and curriculum" includes training in establishing an environment
and providing activities that provide learning experiences to meet each child's needs, capabilities,
and interests;
    (3) "assessment and planning for individual needs" includes training in observing and
assessing what children know and can do in order to provide curriculum and instruction that
addresses their developmental and learning needs, including children with special needs and
bilingual children or children for whom English is not their primary language;
    (4) "interactions with children" includes training in establishing supportive relationships
with children, guiding them as individuals and as part of a group;
    (5) "families and communities" includes training in working collaboratively with families and
agencies or organizations to meet children's needs and to encourage the community's involvement;
    (6) "health, safety, and nutrition" includes training in establishing and maintaining an
environment that ensures children's health, safety, and nourishment, including child abuse,
maltreatment, prevention, and reporting; home and fire safety; child injury prevention;
communicable disease prevention and control; first aid; and CPR; and
    (7) "program planning and evaluation" includes training in establishing, implementing,
evaluating, and enhancing program operations.
    Subd. 8. Other required training requirements. (a) The training required of family and
group family child care providers and staff must include training in the cultural dynamics of early
childhood development and child care. The cultural dynamics and disabilities training and skills
development of child care providers must be designed to achieve outcomes for providers of
child care that include, but are not limited to:
    (1) an understanding and support of the importance of culture and differences in ability
in children's identity development;
    (2) understanding the importance of awareness of cultural differences and similarities in
working with children and their families;
    (3) understanding and support of the needs of families and children with differences in ability;
    (4) developing skills to help children develop unbiased attitudes about cultural differences
and differences in ability;
    (5) developing skills in culturally appropriate caregiving; and
    (6) developing skills in appropriate caregiving for children of different abilities.
    The commissioner shall approve the curriculum for cultural dynamics and disability training.
    (b) The provider must meet the training requirement in section 245A.14, subdivision 11,
paragraph (a), clause (4), to be eligible to allow a child cared for at the family child care or group
family child care home to use the swimming pool located at the home.
History: 2007 c 112 s 22