{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1596.799","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1596.799","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 1597.05 or any other law, a drop-in childcare center shall not be required to do either of the following:\n(1) Verify children’s immunizations or tuberculosis testing.\n(2) Maintain files regarding children’s immunizations or tuberculosis testing.\n(b) Upon admission of a child into a drop-in childcare center, if the medical assessment required by department regulations is not available for a child, then the licensee shall obtain a written health assessment completed by the child’s authorized representative. Except as provided in subdivision (a), a written health assessment shall include the same information and be maintained in the same manner as a medical assessment required by department regulations. A drop-in childcare center shall not require physician approval of the health assessment completed by the child’s authorized representative.\n(c) Upon admission of a child into a drop-in childcare center, the child’s authorized representative shall sign an acknowledgment that they understand that verification of immunizations and tuberculosis testing is not required for any child accepted into a drop-in childcare center.\n(d) This section shall not be construed to exempt a drop-in childcare center from any other licensing requirement.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 3.4. California Child Day Care Act [1596.70. - 1596.895.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions [1596.70. - 1596.7996.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"997123defb0c0c3eecf58fdb10316aaaa5a1bd311501fe19d4cdf158f5b5b319","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1596.7985","next":"us-ca/hsc-1596.7995"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}