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Child care centre rules updated: inspectors added to reporting chain, medication rules expanded, and sexual abuse explicitly prohibited

Several practical changes have been made to the rules governing licensed child care centres and home child care agencies. Licensees must now send copies of health or fire authority directions and serious occurrence re…

Ontario child care centres face new safety rules on supervision, physical hazards, missing-child drills and staff training

A package of amendments tightens safety requirements for licensed child care centres and home child care agencies in Ontario. New sections require centres to have written child-supervision policies (including counting…