Title 14 Children

14-4-102. Certification required; exceptions.

(a) All child caring facilities except those excluded in subsection (b) of this section, are required to be certified by the certifying authority before exercising care, custody or control of any minor. (b) W.S. 14-4-101 through 14-4-111 do not apply to: (i) A legal parent's or legal relative's care of a minor; (ii) Occasional care of a neighbor's or friend's child if the caretaking person does not regularly engage in this activity; (iii) Parents exchanging child care on a mutually cooperative basis; (iv) Child care by a person employed to come to the home of the child's parent or guardian; (v) Day-care agencies providing care for less than three (3) minors; (vi) Foster homes supervised by the state, any local government, school district or agency or political subdivision thereof; (vii) Ranches or farms not offering services to children who are homeless, delinquent or have an intellectual disability; (viii) Summer camps operated by nonprofit organizations; (ix) Day-care facilities providing care to the children of only one (1) immediate family unit; (x) After school programs that: (A) Operate primarily when school is not in session including before and after school and during summer months; (B) Exclusively serve children required to attend school under W.S. 21-4-102; (C) Are organized to promote childhood learning, child and youth development, educational, enrichment, recreational or character-building activities; and (D) Adhere to all local applicable health, safety and fire codes or regulations. (xi) Part-time day-care facilities enrolling fewer than eight (8) minors who are all over thirty-six (36) months old or fewer than ten (10) minors who are all over forty-eight (48) months old if the facility: (A) Does not administer medications to the minors; (B) Does not prepare food for the minors; (C) Requires the minors to be trained and able to use a toilet and not wear diapers; (D) Limits the minors to no more than ten (10) hours of day-care attendance each week; (E) Adheres to all applicable local health, safety and fire codes or regulations; (F) Requires all employees, including the day-care director or owner, to complete the following: (I) A central registry of abuse and neglect of children and vulnerable adults screening through the department of family services; (II) A national sex offender registry screening and a Wyoming state sex offender registry screening; (III) First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and certification. The employees and director or owner shall maintain current certification under this subdivision. (G) Upon enrollment of a child, discloses to the parents or guardians that the facility is not licensed and does not adhere to the regulations of the Wyoming department of family services pursuant to W.S. 14-4-104. (xii) Child care by a person employed to care for not more than four (4) children from multiple families, with not more than two (2) children under the age of two (2) years and at the home of one (1) of the children's parents or guardians.