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§416.11(a)(1): Child medical statements

No child may be accepted unless the program has a written statement, signed by a health care provider, that the child can take part in child care and appears free from contagious disease. The statement must have been completed within the 12 months before enrollment. The citation concerns those statements.

The state's wording

No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.

This is the text the state (OCFS) attaches to the citation. It is a template, so it can sound harsher or vaguer than the finding behind it.

Worth asking the provider

Can you show me that a current medical statement is on file for each enrolled child?

Reading it on a record

Look at whether the citation is marked open or corrected, how long ago it was cited, and whether the same section shows up on several inspections. One corrected citation is common. The same one on visit after visit is worth a direct question. Our guide to checking a daycare and methodology explain the rest.

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Related sections

• §416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a): Child abuse register check forms
• §416.15(c)(6): Children's health and consent files
• §416.15(c)(13): Caregiver arrival and departure schedule
• §416.15(b)(11)(ii)(b): Justice Center register check forms
• §416.15(b)(11)(ii)(d): Sworn statement on convictions

Counts are from the inspection records we hold, as of 2026-10-18. The plain-English note was written by NYC Daycare Check from the city's wording; the citation on each provider's page is the record.