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(k) Ensuring that staff members have access to ongoing professional development through registration in the District of Columbia’s Early Learning Professional Development Information System.

168.3 Child Development Home Caregivers shall be physically present at the Facility during the Facility’s hours of operation and maintain, on the premises, a record of days and actual hours at work at the Facility.

168.4 When the Child Development Home Caregiver is not physically present at the Facility due to Caregiver’s attendance at a professional development event or performance of other Caregiver related responsibilities, the Child Development Home Caregiver shall designate a qualified back-up Caregiver, who meets the requirements and qualifications of a Caregiver as set forth in Section 168.1(a) and (c) and criminal background checks as set forth in Section 133, , to assume full responsibility for the Facility’s operations in the absence of the Child Development Home Caregiver.

168.5 Child Development Home Caregivers shall ensure that qualified back-up personnel are available during all hours of the Facility’s hours of operation and that the engagement of back-up personnel does not create a violation of this chapter. If a Child Development Home Caregiver utilizes another licensed Child Development Home Caregiver as a back-up, the back-up site shall not be responsible for more children than indicated on his or her license.

168.6 Child Development Home Caregivers shall ensure that the written contingency plan is applicable for all hours of the day, days of the week, and weeks of the year for which the Child Development Home is normally operating. If the written contingency plan utilizes a location that is not available for all days or hours for which the Child Development Home is normally operating, the written contingency plan shall identify a secondary emergency location that is available.

169 EXPANDED CHILD DEVELOPMENT HOME: ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

169.1 An Expanded Home may be licensed to provide care for up to twelve (12) children, consistent with the laws and regulations of the District of Columbia. An Expanded Home shall comply with the Day Care Policy Act of 1979, effective September 19, 1979 (D.C. Law 3-16; D.C. Official Code §§ 4‐401 et seq.).

169.2 An Expanded Home may provide care for more than two (2) children who are non-ambulatory or under two (2) years of age, provided that the number of such children does not exceed the following:

(a) Four (4) children, if there are two (2) or more Caregivers present; or

(b) Six (6) children, if there are three (3) or more Caregivers present.