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Ex. DUT-RI-019 Standing duty Primary source read

COVID-19 Re-opening Plan -- Frequently Asked Questions (updated May 10, 2020)

Rhode Island Department of Human Services, COVID-19 Re-opening Plan -- Frequently Asked Questions

Rhode Island Department of Human Services (Child Care Licensing) · Rhode Island (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Rhode Island
Level
State
Authority
DHS emergency child care licensing regulations of May 2020 (recited in Ex. RI-089); Executive Orders 20-32 and 20-40 (Ex. RI-017, RI-019)
Issued
2020-05-10 May 10, 2020
Effective
2020-05-10
End
2020-08-29 (the companion CCAP rate enhancements ran June 1 to August 29, 2020; the emergency licensing regulations continued into 2021, Ex. RI-089) (read as 2020-08-29)
In force
May 10, 2020 to Aug. 29, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careStanding dutyOperating condition
Addressees
  • specified businesses: licensed child care centers and family child care homes
Character
agency position statement
Collection
Standing duties: Rhode Island DUT-RI

Operative words

If you choose to reopen during these new regulations, you will need to submit a COVID-19 plan prior to opening.... Yes, monitoring visits will continue to occur. These visits will include a short-flow monitoring form based on the new regulations and other active high-risk regulations.

Penalty

licensure enforcement (monitoring visits; plan approval as the condition of operating); no reimbursement for closed providers

What it required

A State agency's FAQ of the period stating the operating condition in terms: a licensed child-care provider could reopen only after submitting a COVID-19 plan for approval under the emergency regulations, at reduced licensed capacities posted with the license, in stable groups, with staff masked ('we are asking the staff that care for children to wear masks'), with mandatory pre-submission webinars ('you will be required to participate in two webinars'), and subject to monitoring visits enforcing 'the new regulations'; providers that stayed closed were not reimbursed for subsidized children. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_operating_condition layer).

Retrieval note

The document's face is the DHS child-care re-opening FAQ updated May 10, 2020, and it is recorded as such. The mask statement is a request ('we are asking'), recorded as recommended in character; the plan-submission and webinar statements are mandatory ('will need to,' 'will be required to').

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