{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-404","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-404","heading":"Minimum requirements and desirable standards","body":"A. 1. The Department of Human Services, in consultation with\n\nthe Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, shall appoint\n\nadvisory committees of representatives of child care facilities and\n\nothers to recommend minimum requirements and desirable standards for\n\npromulgation by the Department.\n\n2. Committee members shall be appointed for a three-year term,\n\nwith a two-consecutive-term limit. The committees shall include\n\nrepresentation for all categories of facilities licensed by the\n\nDepartment and shall be comprised as follows:\n\na. the Residential Children's Services subcommittee shall\n\ninclude at a minimum:\n\n(1) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nrepresenting children in care arrangements\n\noutside their own home,\n\n(2) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nproviding residential services to youth in state\n\ncustody,\n\n(3) a recipient or former recipient of youth services\n\nfor children in state custody,\n\n(4) a representative of a statewide organization\n\npromoting adoption services,\n\n(5) a parent or guardian providing foster care to a\n\nchild or children in state custody,\n\n(6) a representative from a nonpublic, long-term\n\nresidential care facility for children in state\n\ncustody,\n\n(7) a representative from an organization promoting\n\nthe interests of Native American children in\n\nstate custody,\n\n(8) a provider of medical services for children,\n\n(9) a practicing behavioral health services provider,\n\n(10) a representative from an agency providing child-\n\nplacing services, and\n\n(11) other appropriate representatives at the\n\ndiscretion of the Department of Human Services\n\nand Commission on Children and Youth,\n\nb. the Child Care Centers subcommittee shall include at a\n\nminimum:\n\n(1) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nadvocating for children in care arrangements\n\noutside their own home,\n\n(2) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nconducting programs for school-age children,\n\n(3) a parent or guardian with a child attending a\n\nlicensed child care facility,\n\n(4) a representative of a licensed child care\n\nfacility in a rural area,\n\n(5) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nadvocating for licensed child care facilities\n\nowned or operated by Native Americans,\n\n(6) a representative of a licensed child care\n\nfacility in an urban/suburban area,\n\n(7) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nadvocating for programs provided under the Head\n\nStart program,\n\n(8) a representative with knowledge of child care\n\nprograms offered by career technology center in\n\nthis state,\n\n(9) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nadvocating for early childhood education\n\nprograms,\n\n(10) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nproviding resources and referrals to child care\n\nfacilities,\n\n(11) a provider of medical services for children, and\n\n(12) other appropriate representatives at the\n\ndiscretion of the Department of Human Services\n\nand Commission on Children and Youth,\n\nc. the Child Care Homes subcommittee shall include at a\n\nminimum:\n\n(1) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nadvocating for children in care arrangements\n\noutside their own home,\n\n(2) a parent or guardian with a child receiving care\n\nat a licensed child care home,\n\n(3) a representative of a licensed child care home in\n\na rural area,\n\n(4) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nadvocating for licensed child care facilities\n\nowned or operated by Native Americans,\n\n(5) a representative of a licensed child care home in\n\nan urban/suburban area,\n\n(6) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nadvocating for early childhood education\n\nprograms,\n\n(7) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nproviding resources and referrals to child care\n\nfacilities,\n\n(8) a provider of medical services for children, and\nfacilities\n\nowned or operated by Native Americans,\n\n(5) a representative of a licensed child care home in\n\nan urban/suburban area,\n\n(6) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nadvocating for early childhood education\n\nprograms,\n\n(7) a representative of a statewide organization\n\nproviding resources and referrals to child care\n\nfacilities,\n\n(8) a provider of medical services for children, and\n\n(9) other appropriate representatives at the\n\ndiscretion of the Department of Human Services\n\nand Commission on Children and Youth, and\n\nd. the Quality Rating and Improvement System subcommittee\n\nshall include representatives of child care centers\n\nand child care homes currently licensed by the State\n\nand other members as determined by the Department of\n\nHuman Services and the Commission on Children and\n\nYouth.\n\n3. The Department shall create a Child Care Facility Peer\n\nReview Board whose purpose shall be to participate in the\n\nDepartment's grievance process. A majority of the Board shall be\n\nrepresentatives of child care facilities. The Department shall\n\npromulgate rules specifying the duties of the Child Care Facility\n\nPeer Review Board in the grievance process.\n\n4. The advisory committee shall designate two people to serve\n\non the Department's Stars Administrative Review Panel. At least one\n\ndesignee shall be the owner or operator of a licensed child care\n\ncenter.\n\nB. Child care facilities shall not allow children to be left\n\nalone in the care of any person under eighteen (18) years of age\n\nwithout supervision or sixteen (16) years of age with supervision as\n\ndelineated by the Department's rules. Child care centers and family\n\nchild care homes shall not:\n\n1. Use soft or loose bedding, including, but not limited to,\n\nblankets, in sleeping equipment or in sleeping areas used only for\n\ninfants;\n\n2. Allow toys or educational devices in sleeping equipment or\n\nin a sleeping area used only for infants; or\n\n3. Place a child in sleeping equipment or in a sleeping area\n\nwhich has not been previously approved for use as such by the\n\nDepartment.\n\nC. The Department shall promulgate rules establishing minimum\n\nrequirements and desirable standards as may be deemed necessary or\n\nadvisable to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care\n\nFacilities Licensing Act.\n\nD. Such rules shall not be promulgated until after consultation\n\nwith the State Department of Health, the State Department of\n\nEducation, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the State\n\nFire Marshal, the Commission on Children and Youth, the Oklahoma\n\nDepartment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and any\n\nother agency deemed necessary by the Department. Not less than\n\nsixty (60) days' notice, by regular mail, shall be given to all\n\ncurrent licensees before any changes are made in such rules.\n\nE. In order to improve the standards of child care, the\n\nDepartment shall advise and cooperate with licensees, the governing\n\nbodies and staff of licensed child care facilities and assist the\n\nstaff through advice of progressive methods and procedures, and\n\nsuggestions for the improvement of services.\n\nF. The Department may participate in federal programs for child\n\ncare services, and enter into agreements or plans on behalf of the\n\nstate for that purpose, in accordance with federal laws and\n\nregulations.","path":["OK Code","Title 10"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0b7d41e49b75984ad380db27db754ca49f6add1dba026c0db8cd80c03a80d4c7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-403","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-404.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}