A recent investigatory report in South Carolina uncovered a disturbing trend among many home daycare providers: an alarmingly high rate of providers aren’t in compliance with laws requiring health and safety training. Despite there being a law requiring home daycare providers to partake in annual training, the law lacked any enforcement or monitoring mechanism.

The lack of enforcement in South Carolina allowed countless home daycares in several different counties to continue to operate despite being out of compliance with the law requiring home daycare workers to fulfill annual training.

Fortunately for individuals in South Carolina that rely upon home daycare providers, a new law not only increases the number of required annual training hours from 2 to 10, but also creates an enforcement and monitoring mechanism. After July 2017, when the new law goes into effect, if a home daycare provider is found to not be in compliance with training requirements, the government will be able to shut the provider down.

Oddly though, the new law does not prescribe exactly what type of training is required, nor does it require competencies in first aid or CPR, and leaves each provider to determine what training to provide. However, parents can always request that daycare providers describe what training they provide to their staff.

Daycare Liability

If your child is injured as a result of an accident at a daycare facility, legal action may be possible if the accident was the result of negligence. Generally, a daycare provider has the legal obligation to make sure the facility is safe, and to providing the requisite level of supervision.

Fortunately for parents, if a daycare provider requires parents to sign injury liability waivers, courts have routinely found these to not be enforceable.

Related Resources:

  • Find Personal Injury Lawyers in Your Area (FindLaw’s Lawyer Directory)
  • 3 Most Common Injuries in Daycare (FindLaw’s Injured)
  • Daycares Can No Longer Serve French Fries, Frosted Flakes (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)
  • 3 Daycare Safety Tips for Parents (FindLaw’s Injured)

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