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§416.15(c)(6): Children's health and consent files

The program must keep children's files on site and available for inspection. They include health care plans, parental consent for emergency medical treatment, medical statements, immunizations, medication records, daily health checks and records of illnesses and injuries. The citation concerns those files, and the public record does not say which item was missing.

The state's wording

The program must maintain on file at the group family day care home, available for inspection children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, th

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 I see how you keep each child's health and consent records?

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.

Look up a home daycare and read its record

Related sections

• §416.15(b)(11)(ii)(a): Child abuse register check forms
• §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
• §416.11(a)(1): Child medical statements

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.