humiliating methods of or rule; or weights of those rules control or discipline; (b) The child care center has are recorded on a (3) Or any staff person previously been given notice of Facility Licensing fails to provide the the same or similar type of Compliance required supervision; violation of the same law or Agreement (FLCA) (4) Fails to provide rule; or and are transferred required light, (c) The violation represents a to the department’s ventilation, sanitation, potential threat to the health, electronic database. food, water, or heating; safety, and/or welfare of Weights reflect the (5) Provides care for children in care. level of potential risk more than the highest The department may impose a or danger to children number of children civil fine in addition to or at the in the early learning permitted by the license; same time as other disciplinary setting. or actions against a child care Rules that carry a (6) Repeatedly fails to center. These include weight of one or two follow the rules in this probation, suspension, or other points do not result in chapter or the action. compliance or requirements in chapter A licensee must pay any civil enforcement actions 43.215 RCW. As used in fines no more than under a single finding this section, “repeatedly” eight days after receiving the score but do means a violation that notice that he or she has a contribute to a has been the subject of a fine. The department may provider’s overall facility licensing specify a later date. licensing score. compliance agreement The department may waive the Weight NA that occurs more than fine if the licensee’s center once in a twelve-month comes into compliance during An overall licensing score time period. the notification period. represents an early learning WAC 170-296A-8075 A licensee must post the final provider’s record of Fines – Payment period notice of civil fine in a compliance with this A fine must be paid noticeable place in his or her chapter over the previous within twenty-eight center. The notice must 36 months. The weights calendar days after the remain posted until the recorded on FLCAs within department notifies the the previous three calendar
humiliating methods of control or discipline; (3) Or any staff person fails to provide the required supervision; (4) Fails to provide required light, ventilation, sanitation, food, water, or heating; (5) Provides care for more than the highest number of children permitted by the license; or (6) Repeatedly fails to follow the rules in this chapter or the requirements in chapter 43.215 RCW. As used in this section, “repeatedly” means a violation that has been the subject of a facility licensing compliance agreement that occurs more than once in a twelve-month time period. WAC 170-296A-8075 Fines – Payment period A fine must be paid within twenty-eight calendar days after the or rule; or (b) The child care center has previously been given notice of the same or similar type of violation of the same law or rule; or (c) The violation represents a potential threat to the health, safety, and/or welfare of children in care. The department may impose a civil fine in addition to or at the same time as other disciplinary actions against a child care center. These include probation, suspension, or other action. A licensee must pay any civil fines no more than days after receiving the notice that he or she has a fine. The department may specify a later date. The department may waive the fine if the licensee’s center comes into compliance during the notification period. A licensee must post the final notice of civil fine in a noticeable place in his or her center. The notice must remain posted until the department notifies the weights of those rules are recorded on a Facility Licensing Compliance Agreement (FLCA) and are transferred to the department’s electronic database. Weights reflect the level of potential risk or danger to children in the early learning setting. Rules that carry a weight of one or two points do not result in compliance or enforcement actions under a single finding score but do contribute to a provider’s overall licensing score. Weight NA An overall licensing score represents an early learning provider’s record of compliance with this chapter over the previous 36 months. The weights recorded on FLCAs within the previous three calendar eight
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