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CAPS Policy – Health and Safety Standards No.: CAPS/00-15 Effective Date: 10/01/2016 Revised: 07/01/2025 Revision Effective: 07/01/2025

CAPS Policy Manual

Page 91 of 109 15.5.3.6 DECAL approved training courses can be found at www.gapds.decal.ga.gov. 15.5.4 Compliance with health and safety standards will be verified during on-site monitoring visits by DECAL. 15.5.5 Rules and guidelines for all license-exempt providers can be found at http://www.decal.ga.gov/CCS/Exemptions.aspx.

Monitoring and Enforcement for Licensed Providers 15.6.1 Licensed programs will be subject to health and safety monitoring and enforcement in accordance with rules and regulations for Child Care Learning Centers and Family Child Care Learning Homes. Rules and guidelines for licensed programs can be found at http://decal.ga.gov/CCS/RulesAndRegulations.aspx. At the sole discretion of CAPS, a licensed provider may be dismissed from CAPS when serious health and safety violations occur even if DECAL has not revoked the provider's license. See CAPS Policy 12.4.15. 15.6.2 CAPS may suspend payments to a licensed provider for failure to complete licensing inspections. Payments will be released to the provider once the provider has completed the required inspection. Payment will be withheld for no more than 30 calendar days before the provider is dismissed from CAPS. Providers dismissed for failure to complete licensing inspections may be eligible for reinstatement when requirements have been satisfied. 15.6.3 Licensed providers will be dismissed and disqualified from CAPS for the following reasons: 15.6.3.1 License revocation (once all appeal rights have been exhausted) – At the sole discretion of CAPS, licensed providers may reenroll in CAPS if the revocation has been rescinded per DECAL licensing guidelines. Providers may have to submit verification of license reinstatement. 15.6.3.2 When they knowingly or intentionally keep an employee on staff with an unsatisfactory record check or without a satisfactory record check when children are in care. 15.6.3.3 When they knowingly or intentionally keep a resident at the facility with an unsatisfactory record check or without a satisfactory record check. 15.6.3.4 When there is a serious injury as defined in Definitions and Acronyms in accordance with federal regulations.

Monitoring and Enforcement for License-exempt and Informal Providers 15.7.1 License-exempt and informal providers shall receive an onsite monitoring visit from DECAL upon enrollment in the CAPS program to evaluate compliance with established health and safety standards. Follow-up monitoring visits will be conducted when non-compliance with these standards are identified, to ensure that corrective actions have been implemented. Depending on the number and/or severity of the non-compliances, a referral may be made to the CAPS program for additional review and potential corrective action. 15.7.2 Providers have the right to refute any findings noted during a monitoring visit. The refutation process will be provided on the monitoring visit report. 15.7.3 When a health and safety standard violation is identified during a monitoring visit, at the sole discretion of CAPS, a license-exempt or informal provider may be disqualified from CAPS when serious health and safety violations occur even if DECAL has not rescinded the provider's exemption or informal provider status.