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One (1) year of occupational experience is equal to one thousand (1,000) hours. Multiple qualifying periods may be aggregated in order to achieve the required total.
164.3 Any person who is employed as a qualified Center Director in a licensed Child Development Center in the District of Columbia on the effective date of these regulations, and who has continuously served as a Center Director for the past ten (10) years, may submit an application to OSSE for a waiver of the qualification requirements in Subsection 164.1, in accordance with the waiver process in Section 106 (Waiver). OSSE may deny a waiver when a Facility for which the Center Director was responsible received one or more summary suspensions or failed to abate or resolve the deficiencies, or for any other reason consistent with Section 106.
164.4 A private, parochial, or independent school is exempt from complying with the requirements of this Subsection 164.1, if the school:
(a) Is an elementary/secondary educational program, as defined in this chapter;
(b) Cares for infants and toddlers on the same premises as the instructional program offered to school-age children;
(c) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting body or other body satisfying similar standards as approved by OSSE; and
(d) Does not offer subsidized child care.
164.5 For the purposes of this chapter, an early childhood development or early childhood education program shall include the following subject areas:
(a) Growth and development of infants, toddlers, or preschoolers;
(b) Care and education of children with special needs;
(c) Health and physical education of infants, toddlers, or preschoolers;
(d) Therapy through play;
(e) Language development or early childhood literacy;
(f) Children’s literature;
(g) Arts education;
(h) Child, adolescent, educational, or abnormal psychology;