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C-8.2 - Act respecting childcare centres and childcare services
Section 73
Disposition versions
73. The Government may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements to be fulfilled, the information and documents to be furnished and the duties to be paid;
(1.1) determining the information and documents to be provided by a permit holder following a change of director;
(1.2) requiring permit holders to send updated information and documents on request;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where childcare is provided, making an outdoor play space mandatory, delimiting areas within the outdoor play space for specific uses and establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, maintenance and safety of the play space or play areas;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder that ceases to operate must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes according to the age of the children received and the services to be provided in a childcare centre or a day care centre;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre or in the premises used for home childcare or in the mandatory outdoor play space, according to the dimensions and arrangement of the premises or area, the age class of the children and the services to be provided, where applicable;
(5.1) determining the maximum number of children that may be received by all the home childcare providers recognized by the holder of a childcare centre permit;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety that must be observed in childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools, stop over centres or homes where childcare is provided;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be satisfied by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit applying for authorization to operate temporarily under the permit elsewhere than at the address of the facility appearing on the permit;
(7) prescribing the educational childcare program that must be offered to children by a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a home childcare provider;
(8) establishing rules for the election of the directors of the cooperative or legal person referred to in the first paragraph of section 7, and for the operation of its board of directors;
(9) determining the rules of operation of the parents committee referred to in section 10;
(10) determining the books, accounts and registers that must be kept by every permit holder, other than a municipality or a school board, and every home childcare provider recognized by the holder of a childcare centre permit that receives a grant and prescribing the form and manner in which they must be kept and preserved;
(10.1) determining, for the purposes of sections 13.1 to 13.4, the form of the financial report and the activity report as well as the information they must contain;
(10.2) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that must be kept for each child by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit or a home childcare provider and prescribing standards for the preservation, consultation and reproduction of such cards;
(11) determining the cases and conditions in or on which a stop over centre is operated on a permanent basis;
(11.1) determining the conditions under which children are received on a casual basis in a stop over centre;
(12) (subparagraph repealed);
(12.1) determining the criteria and methods according to which the territory of a childcare centre permit shall be fixed;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a home childcare provider must fulfil;
(13.1) determining the monitoring and supervision measures, including suspension and withdrawal of recognition, applicable in respect of home childcare providers;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as home childcare provider;
(15) determining the conditions subject to which grants may be made under section 41.6 and determining for such purpose the documents or information that a home childcare provider must transmit to the holder of a childcare centre permit by which the home childcare provider was recognized;
(16) (subparagraph repealed);
(16.1) requiring that a permit holder have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre and prescribing the standards of qualification and requirements the person must satisfy and the tasks the person must perform;
(17) establishing standards of qualification for persons working in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or providing home childcare and prescribing the requirements they must satisfy;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of staff members and the number of children who are received in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or to whom home childcare is being provided;
(19) determining the child registration, admission and discharge formalities for childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools or stop over centres and for home childcare;
(19.1) determining, for the purposes of section 11.2, the standards in respect of which a permit holder must file a certificate, the form and contents of the certificate and the time when it must be filed;
(20) determining the persons, other than the parent, from whom the amount of a contribution fixed under section 39 may be required;
(20.1) fixing, for the services it determines, the contribution referred to in section 39 and prescribing the indexation method and schedule applicable to the contribution;
(20.2) determining terms and conditions for payment of the contribution fixed under section 39 and the cases in which a parent may be fully or partially exempted from payment of that contribution for all or some services, as specified;
(21) determining the age class to which the contribution referred to in section 39 applies;
(21.1) determining the documents and information that must be sent to the Minister by the parents referred to in section 41.6.3 concerning their employment situation, the class of annual income to which they belong, the family make-up and their childcare needs;
(22) determining the terms and conditions of repayment of a grant received without entitlement and determining the conditions subject to which such a debt may be deducted from any future grants;
(22.1) (subparagraph repealed);
(23) (subparagraph repealed);
(24) determining, from among the provisions of a regulation made under section, those the infringement of which constitutes an offence punishable under section 74.9.
73. The Government may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements to be fulfilled, the information and documents to be furnished and the duties to be paid;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where childcare is provided and prescribing an outdoor play area and standards for the arrangement, equipment and maintenance of that area;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder that ceases to operate must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes according to the age of the children received and the services to be provided in a childcare centre or a day care centre;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre or in the premises used for home childcare or in the prescribed outdoor play area, according to the dimensions and arrangement of the premises or area, the age class of the children and the services to be provided, where applicable;
(5.1) determining the maximum number of children that may be received by all the home childcare providers recognized by the holder of a childcare centre permit;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety that must be observed in childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools, stop over centres or homes where childcare is provided;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be satisfied by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit applying for authorization to operate temporarily under the permit elsewhere than at the address of the facility appearing on the permit;
(7) prescribing the educational childcare program that must be offered to children by a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a home childcare provider;
(8) establishing rules for the election of the directors of the cooperative or legal person referred to in the first paragraph of section 7, and for the operation of its board of directors;
(9) determining the rules of operation of the parents committee referred to in section 10;
(10) determining the books, accounts and registers that must be kept by every permit holder, other than a municipality or a school board, and every home childcare provider recognized by the holder of a childcare centre permit that receives a grant and prescribing the form and manner in which they must be kept and preserved;
(10.1) determining, for the purposes of sections 13.1 to 13.4, the form of the financial report and the activity report as well as the information they must contain;
(10.2) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that must be kept for each child by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit or a home childcare provider and prescribing standards for the preservation, consultation and reproduction of such cards;
(11) determining the cases and conditions in or on which a stop over centre is operated on a permanent basis;
(11.1) determining the conditions under which children are received on a casual basis in a stop over centre;
(12) (subparagraph repealed);
(12.1) determining the criteria and methods according to which the territory of a childcare centre permit shall be fixed;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a home childcare provider must fulfil;
(13.1) determining the monitoring and supervision measures, including suspension and withdrawal of recognition, applicable in respect of home childcare providers;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as home childcare provider;
(15) determining the conditions subject to which grants may be made under section 41.6 and determining for such purpose the documents or information that a home childcare provider must transmit to the holder of a childcare centre permit by which the home childcare provider was recognized;
(16) (subparagraph repealed);
(16.1) requiring that a permit holder have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre and prescribing the standards of qualification and requirements the person must satisfy and the tasks the person must perform;
(17) establishing standards of qualification for persons working in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or providing home childcare and prescribing the requirements they must satisfy;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of staff members and the number of children who are received in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or to whom home childcare is being provided;
(19) determining the child registration, admission and discharge formalities for childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools or stop over centres and for home childcare;
(20) determining the persons, other than the parent, from whom the amount of a contribution fixed under section 39 may be required;
(20.1) fixing, for the services it determines, the contribution referred to in section 39 and prescribing the indexation method and schedule applicable to the contribution;
(20.2) determining terms and conditions for payment of the contribution fixed under section 39 and the cases in which a parent may be fully or partially exempted from payment of that contribution for all or some services, as specified;
(21) determining the age class to which the contribution referred to in section 39 applies;
(21.1) determining the documents and information that must be sent to the Minister by the parents referred to in section 41.6.3 concerning their employment situation, the class of annual income to which they belong, the family make-up and their childcare needs;
(22) determining the terms and conditions of repayment of a grant received without entitlement and determining the conditions subject to which such a debt may be deducted from any future grants;
(22.1) (subparagraph repealed);
(23) (subparagraph repealed);
(24) determining, from among the provisions of a regulation made under section, those the infringement of which constitutes an offence punishable under section 74.9.
73. The Government may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements to be fulfilled, the information and documents to be furnished and the duties to be paid;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where childcare is provided and prescribing an outdoor play area and standards for the arrangement, equipment and maintenance of that area;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder that ceases to operate must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes according to the age of the children received and the services to be provided in a childcare centre or a day care centre;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre or in the premises used for home childcare or in the prescribed outdoor play area, according to the dimensions and arrangement of the premises or area, the age class of the children and the services to be provided, where applicable;
(5.1) determining the maximum number of children that may be received by all the home childcare providers recognized by the holder of a childcare centre permit;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety that must be observed in childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools, stop over centres or homes where childcare is provided;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be satisfied by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit applying for authorization to operate temporarily under the permit elsewhere than at the address of the facility appearing on the permit;
(7) prescribing the educational childcare program that must be offered to children by a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a home childcare provider;
(8) establishing rules for the election of the directors of the cooperative or legal person referred to in the first paragraph of section 7, and for the operation of its board of directors;
(9) determining the rules of operation of the parents committee referred to in section 10;
(10) determining the books, accounts and registers that must be kept by every permit holder, other than a municipality or a school board, and every home childcare provider recognized by the holder of a childcare centre permit that receives a grant and prescribing the form and manner in which they must be kept and preserved;
(10.1) determining, for the purposes of sections 13.1 to 13.4, the form of the financial report and the activity report as well as the information they must contain;
(10.2) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that must be kept for each child by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit or a home childcare provider and prescribing standards for the preservation, consultation and reproduction of such cards;
(11) determining the cases and conditions in or on which a stop over centre is operated on a permanent basis;
(11.1) determining the conditions under which children are received on a casual basis in a stop over centre;
(12) (subparagraph repealed);
(12.1) determining the criteria and methods according to which the territory of a childcare centre permit shall be fixed;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a home childcare provider must fulfil;
(13.1) determining the monitoring and supervision measures, including suspension and withdrawal of recognition, applicable in respect of home childcare providers;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as home childcare provider;
(15) determining the conditions subject to which grants may be made under section 41.6 and determining for such purpose the documents or information that a home childcare provider must transmit to the holder of a childcare centre permit by which the home childcare provider was recognized;
(16) (subparagraph repealed);
(16.1) requiring that a permit holder have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre and prescribing the standards of qualification and requirements the person must satisfy and the tasks the person must perform;
(17) establishing standards of qualification for persons working in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or providing home childcare and prescribing the requirements they must satisfy;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of staff members and the number of children who are received in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or to whom home childcare is being provided;
(19) determining the child registration, admission and discharge formalities for childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools or stop over centres and for home childcare;
(20) determining the persons, other than the parent, from whom the amount of a contribution fixed under section 39 may be required;
(21) fixing, for the services it determines, the amount of the contribution referred to in section 39 and determining the age class to which it applies, the conditions subject to which a parent may pay it and the cases in which a parent may be exempted from payment of the contribution for all or some of the services determined;
(22) determining the terms and conditions of repayment of a grant received without entitlement and determining the conditions subject to which such a debt may be deducted from any future grants;
(22.1) (subparagraph repealed);
(23) (subparagraph repealed);
(24) determining, from among the provisions of a regulation made under section, those the infringement of which constitutes an offence punishable under section 74.9.
73. The Government may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements to be fulfilled, the information and documents to be furnished and the duties to be paid;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where childcare is provided and prescribing an outdoor play area and standards for the arrangement, equipment and maintenance of that area;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder that ceases to operate must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes according to the age of the children received and the services to be provided in a childcare centre or a day care centre;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre or in the premises used for home childcare or in the prescribed outdoor play area, according to the dimensions and arrangement of the premises or area, the age class of the children and the services to be provided, where applicable;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety that must be observed in childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools, stop over centres or homes where childcare is provided;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be satisfied by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit applying for authorization to operate temporarily under the permit elsewhere than at the address of the facility appearing on the permit;
(7) prescribing the educational childcare program that must be offered to children by a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a home childcare provider;
(8) establishing rules for the election of the directors of the cooperative or legal person referred to in the first paragraph of section 7, and for the operation of its board of directors;
(9) determining the rules of operation of the parents committee referred to in section 10;
(10) determining the books, accounts and registers that must be kept by every permit holder, other than a municipality, and every home childcare provider recognized by the holder of a childcare centre permit that receives a grant and prescribing the form and manner in which they must be kept and preserved;
(10.1) determining, for the purposes of sections 13.1 to 13.4, the form of the financial report, the budget estimates and the activity report as well as the information they must contain;
(10.2) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that must be kept for each child by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit or a home childcare provider and prescribing standards for the preservation, consultation and reproduction of such cards;
(11) determining the cases and conditions in or on which a stop over centre is operated on a permanent basis;
(11.1) determining the conditions under which children are received on a casual basis in a stop over centre;
(12) (subparagraph repealed);
(12.1) determining the criteria and methods according to which the territory of a childcare centre permit shall be fixed;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a home childcare provider must fulfil;
(13.1) determining the monitoring and supervision measures, including suspension and withdrawal of recognition, applicable in respect of home childcare providers;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as home childcare provider;
(15) determining the conditions subject to which grants may be made under section 41.6 and determining for such purpose the documents or information that a home childcare provider must transmit to the holder of a childcare centre permit by which the home childcare provider was recognized;
(16) (subparagraph repealed);
(16.1) requiring that a permit holder have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre and prescribing the standards of qualification and requirements the person must satisfy and the tasks the person must perform;
(17) establishing standards of qualification for persons working in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or providing home childcare and prescribing the requirements they must satisfy;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of staff members and the number of children who are received in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or to whom home childcare is being provided;
(19) determining the child registration, admission and discharge formalities for childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools or stop over centres and for home childcare;
(20) determining the persons, other than the parent, from whom the amount of a contribution fixed under section 39 may be required;
(21) fixing, for the services it determines, the amount of the contribution referred to in section 39 and determining the age class to which it applies, the conditions subject to which a parent may pay it and the cases in which a parent may be exempted from payment of the contribution for all or some of the services determined;
(22) determining the terms and conditions of repayment of a grant received without entitlement and determining the conditions subject to which such a debt may be deducted from any future grants;
(22.1) (subparagraph repealed);
(23) (subparagraph repealed);
(24) determining, from among the provisions of a regulation made under section, those the infringement of which constitutes an offence punishable under section 74.9.
73. The Government may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements to be fulfilled, the information and documents to be furnished and the duties to be paid;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where childcare is provided and prescribing an outdoor play area and standards for the arrangement, equipment and maintenance of that area;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder that ceases to operate must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes according to the age of the children received and the services to be provided in a childcare centre or a day care centre;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre or in the premises used for home childcare or in the prescribed outdoor play area, according to the dimensions and arrangement of the premises or area, the age class of the children and the services to be provided, where applicable;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety that must be observed in childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools, stop over centres or homes where childcare is provided;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be satisfied by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit applying for authorization to operate temporarily under the permit elsewhere than at the address of the facility appearing on the permit;
(7) prescribing the educational childcare program that must be offered to children by a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a home childcare provider;
(8) establishing rules for the election of the directors of the cooperative or legal person referred to in the first paragraph of section 7, and for the operation of its board of directors;
(9) determining the rules of operation of the parents committee referred to in section 10;
(10) determining the books, accounts and registers that must be kept by every permit holder, other than a municipality, and every home childcare provider recognized by the holder of a childcare centre permit that receives a grant and prescribing the form and manner in which they must be kept and preserved;
(10.1) determining, for the purposes of sections 13.1 to 13.4, the form of the financial report, the budget estimates and the activity report as well as the information they must contain;
(10.2) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that must be kept for each child by the holder of a childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit or a home childcare provider and prescribing standards for the preservation, consultation and reproduction of such cards;
(11) determining the cases and conditions in or on which a stop over centre is operated on a permanent basis;
(11.1) determining the conditions under which children are received on a casual basis in a stop over centre;
(12) (subparagraph repealed);
(12.1) determining the criteria and methods according to which the territory of a childcare centre permit shall be fixed;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a home childcare provider must fulfil;
(13.1) determining the monitoring and supervision measures applicable in respect of home childcare providers;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as home childcare provider;
(15) determining the conditions subject to which grants may be made under section 41.6 and determining for such purpose the documents or information that a home childcare provider must transmit to the holder of a childcare centre permit by which the home childcare provider was recognized;
(16) (subparagraph repealed);
(16.1) requiring that a permit holder have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the childcare centre, day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre and prescribing the standards of qualification and requirements the person must satisfy and the tasks the person must perform;
(17) establishing standards of qualification for persons working in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or providing home childcare and prescribing the requirements they must satisfy;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of staff members and the number of children who are received in a childcare centre, a day care centre, a nursery school or a stop over centre or to whom home childcare is being provided;
(19) determining the child registration, admission and discharge formalities for childcare centres, day care centres, nursery schools or stop over centres and for home childcare;
(20) determining the persons, other than the parent, from whom the amount of a contribution fixed under section 39 may be required;
(21) fixing, for the services it determines, the amount of the contribution referred to in section 39 and determining the age class to which it applies, the conditions subject to which a parent may pay it and the cases in which a parent may be exempted from payment of the contribution for all or some of the services determined;
(22) determining the terms and conditions of repayment of a grant received without entitlement and determining the conditions subject to which such a debt may be deducted from any future grants;
(22.1) (subparagraph repealed);
(23) (subparagraph repealed);
(24) determining, from among the provisions of a regulation made under section, those the infringement of which constitutes an offence punishable under section 74.10.
73. The bureau may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements he must fulfil, the information and documents he must furnish and the duties he must pay;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where day care is provided and prescribing an outdoor play area and standards for the arrangement, equipment and maintenance of that area;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder who ceases his activities must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes according to the age of the children received and the services to be provided in a day care centre;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises of a day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre or in the premises used for home day care or in the prescribed outdoor play area, according to the dimensions and arrangement of the permises or area, the age class of the children and the services to be provided, where applicable;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety that must be observed in day care centres, nursery schools, stop over centres or homes where day care is provided;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be satisfied by the holder of a day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit applying for authorization to engage temporarily in activities for which the permit was issued elsewhere than at the address of the establishment appearing on the permit;
(7) determining the elements of the programme of activities that a day care centre, nursery school or home day care service must provide to children in order to promote their physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development; in determining these elements, their complementarity with other programmes may be taken into account;
(8) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that the holder of a day care centre, nursery school or stop over centre permit, a person responsible for home day care or a school board providing school day care must keep for each child he or it receives, and establishing standards for the keeping, examination and photographic reproduction of that card;
(9) identifying the books and accounts that the holder of a day care centre or agency permit, except a municipality or a school board, must keep, and establishing rules for the keeping and maintenance of those books and accounts;
(10) determining the information that a permit holder must furnish in his report of activities;
(10.1) determining the rules governing the operation of the parents committee established under section 10 or 10.0.1;
(11) determining the cases and conditions in or on which a stop over centre is operated on a permanent basis;
(11.1) determining the cases and conditions in or on which children are received on a casual basis in a stop over centre;
(12) determining the conditions that the applicant for a home day care agency permit must fulfil;
(12.1) determining the criteria and methods according to which the territory of a home day care agency permit shall be fixed;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a person responsible for home day care must fulfil;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as person responsible for home day care;
(15) determining the cases and conditions in or on which grants may be awarded pursuant to section 41.6, prescribing, in cases where an application for a grant is made by a permit holder that is a natural person, a partnership or a profit-seeking legal person, that it must include proof that the parents committee has approved the purposes for which application for a grant is made and determining the nature of the proof;
(16) fixing the periods during which a school board provides school day care to the children receiving preschool education and elementary instruction in its schools;
(16.1) requiring that the holder of a permit have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the day care centre, nursery school, stop over centre or home day care agency;
(17) establishing standards of qualification for persons working in a day care centre, in a nursery school, in a stop over centre, in a home day care service or in a school day care service, and prescribing the requirements they must satisfy;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of members of the staff of a day care centre, a nursery school, a stop over centre, a home day care service or a school day care service and the number of children received there;
(19) determining the formalities of registration, admission and discharge of children in a day care centre, a nursery school, a stop over centre, a home day care service or a school day care service;
(20) determining the persons, other than the parent, from whom the amount of a contribution fixed under section 38 or 39 may be required;
(21) determining the cases and conditions in or on which a person may be wholly or partially exempted from the payment of a contribution;
(22) determining the conditions and terms according to which financial assistance is paid in cases of exemption from contribution;
(22.1) determining the cases, conditions and terms in or according to which financial assistance paid without entitlement must be reimbursed and determining the cases, circumstances, conditions and terms in or according to which that debt may be deducted from any future payment of financial assistance;
(23) determining the documents on which the signature of the chairman or secretary of the bureau may be affixed by means of an automatic device;
(24) determining, from among the provisions of a regulation made under section, those the infringement of which constitutes an offence punishable under section 74.9.
Every regulation of the bureau shall be submitted to the Government which may amend it before granting its approval.
73. The bureau may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements he must fulfil, the information and documents he must furnish and the duties he must pay;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where day care is provided and prescribing an outdoor play area and standards for the arrangement, equipment and maintenance of that area;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder who ceases his activities must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes of day care centres, taking into account the age of the children received there and the services that must be provided;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises used as a day care centre, nursery school or stop-over centre or for home day care or in the prescribed outdoor play area, taking into account the dimensions and arrangement of the place, the services that must be provided there and the class to which the day care establishment belongs, where such is the case;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety to be complied with in day care centres, nursery schools, stop-over centres or homes;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be fulfilled by the holder of a day care centre permit, a nursery school permit or a stop over centre permit who is requesting authorization to carry on temporarily the activities for which a permit was issued to him elsewhere than at the address indicated on his permit;
(7) determining the elements of the programme of activities that a day care centre, nursery school or home must provide to children in order to promote their physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development; in determining these elements, their complementarity with other programmes may be taken into account;
(8) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that the holder of a day care centre, nursery school or stop-over centre permit, a person responsible for home day care or a school board providing school day care must keep for each child he or it receives, and establishing standards for the keeping, examination and photographic reproduction of that card;
(9) identifying the books and accounts that a permit holder, except a municipality or school board, must keep and establishing rules for the keeping of these books and accounts;
(10) determining the information that a permit holder must furnish in his report of activities;
(10.1) determining the rules governing the operation of the parents committee established under section 10;
(11) determining the conditions on and the cases in which day care is provided on a regular basis in a stop-over centre;
(12) determining the conditions that the applicant for a home day care agency permit must fulfil;
(12.1) determining the criteria and methods according to which the territory of a home day care agency permit shall be fixed;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a person responsible for home day care must fulfil;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as person responsible for home day care;
(15) determining the cases, conditions, circumstances and modalities in or according to which grants may be made pursuant to section 41.6, prescribing, in cases where an application for a grant is made by the holder of a permit under subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph of section 4, that it must include proof that the parents committee approves of the purposes for which application for a grant is made and determining the nature of the proof;
(16) fixing the periods during which a school board provides school day care to the children receiving preschool education and elementary instruction in its schools;
(16.1) requiring that the holder of a permit have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the day care centre, nursery school, stop over centre or home day care agency;
(17) establishing standards of qualification of persons who provide day care;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of members of the staff of a day care establishment and the number of children received there;
(19) determining the formalities of registration, admission and discharge of children in a day care establishment;
(20) determining from which persons, other than those having parental authority, the amount of the contribution fixed under section 38 or 39 may be required;
(21) determining the cases, terms and conditions in or according to which a person may be wholly or partially exempted from the payment of a contribution;
(22) determining the conditions and terms according to which financial assistance is paid in cases of exemption from contribution;
(22.1) determining the cases, conditions and terms in or according to which financial assistance paid without entitlement must be reimbursed and determining the cases, circumstances, conditions and terms in or according to which that debt may be deducted from any future payment of financial assistance;
(23) determining the documents on which the signature of the chairman or secretary of the bureau may be affixed by means of an automatic device.
Every regulation of the bureau shall be submitted to the Government which may amend it before granting its approval.
73. The bureau may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements he must fulfil, the information and documents he must furnish and the duties he must pay;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where day care is provided and prescribing an outdoor play area and standards for the arrangement, equipment and maintenance of that area;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder who ceases his activities must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes of day care centres, taking into account the age of the children received there and the services that must be provided;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises used as a day care centre, nursery school or stop-over centre or for home day care or in the prescribed outdoor play area, taking into account the dimensions and arrangement of the place, the services that must be provided there and the class to which the day care establishment belongs, where such is the case;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety to be complied with in day care centres, nursery schools, stop-over centres or homes;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be fulfilled by the holder of a day care centre permit, a nursery school permit or a stop over centre permit who is requesting authorization to carry on temporarily the activities for which a permit was issued to him elsewhere than at the address indicated on his permit;
(7) determining the elements of the programme of activities that a day care centre, nursery school or home must provide to children in order to promote their physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development; in determining these elements, their complementarity with other programmes may be taken into account;
(8) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that the holder of a day care centre, nursery school or stop-over centre permit, a person responsible for home day care or a school board providing school day care must keep for each child he or it receives, and establishing standards for the keeping, examination and photographic reproduction of that card;
(9) identifying the books and accounts that a permit holder, except a municipal corporation or school board, must keep and establishing rules for the keeping of these books and accounts;
(10) determining the information that a permit holder must furnish in his report of activities;
(10.1) determining the rules governing the operation of the parents committee established under section 10;
(11) determining the conditions on and the cases in which day care is provided on a regular basis in a stop-over centre;
(12) determining the conditions that the applicant for a home day care agency permit must fulfil;
(12.1) determining the criteria and methods according to which the territory of a home day care agency permit shall be fixed;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a person responsible for home day care must fulfil;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as person responsible for home day care;
(15) determining the cases, conditions, circumstances and modalities in or according to which grants may be made pursuant to section 41.6, prescribing, in cases where an application for a grant is made by the holder of a permit under subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph of section 4, that it must include proof that the parents committee approves of the purposes for which application for a grant is made and determining the nature of the proof;
(16) fixing the periods during which a school board provides school day care to the children receiving preschool education and elementary instruction in its schools;
(16.1) requiring that the holder of a permit have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the day care centre, nursery school, stop over centre or home day care agency;
(17) establishing standards of qualification of persons who provide day care;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of members of the staff of a day care establishment and the number of children received there;
(19) determining the formalities of registration, admission and discharge of children in a day care establishment;
(20) determining from which persons, other than those having parental authority, the amount of the contribution fixed under section 38 or 39 may be required;
(21) determining the cases, terms and conditions in or according to which a person may be wholly or partially exempted from the payment of a contribution;
(22) determining the conditions and terms according to which financial assistance is paid in cases of exemption from contribution;
(22.1) determining the cases, conditions and terms in or according to which financial assistance paid without entitlement must be reimbursed and determining the cases, circumstances, conditions and terms in or according to which that debt may be deducted from any future payment of financial assistance;
(23) determining the documents on which the signature of the chairman or secretary of the bureau may be affixed by means of an automatic device.
Every regulation of the bureau shall be submitted to the Government which may amend it before granting its approval.
73. The bureau may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements he must fulfil, the information and documents he must furnish and the duties he must pay;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where day care is provided;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder who ceases his activities must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes of day care centres, taking into account the age of the children received there and the services that must be provided;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises used as a day care centre, nursery school or stop-over centre or for home day care, taking into account the dimensions and arrangement of these premises, the services that must be provided there and the class to which the day care establishment belongs, where such is the case;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety to be complied with in day care centres, nursery schools, stop-over centres or homes;
(6.1) prescribing the requirements that must be fulfilled by the holder of a day care centre permit, a nursery school permit or a stop over centre permit who is requesting authorization to carry on temporarily the activities for which a permit was issued to him elsewhere than at the address indicated on his permit;
(7) determining the elements of the programme of activities that a day care centre, nursery school or home must provide to children in order to promote their physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development; in determining these elements, their complementarity with other programmes may be taken into account;
(8) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that the holder of a day care centre, nursery school or stop-over centre permit, a person responsible for home day care or a school board providing school day care must keep for each child he or it receives, and establishing standards for the keeping, examination and photographic reproduction of that card;
(9) identifying the books and accounts that a permit holder, except a municipal corporation or school board, must keep and establishing rules for the keeping of these books and accounts;
(10) determining the information that a permit holder must furnish in his report of activities;
(10.1) determining the rules governing the operation of the parents committee established under section 10;
(11) determining the conditions on and the cases in which day care is provided on a regular basis in a stop-over centre;
(12) determining the conditions that the applicant for a home day care agency permit must fulfil;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a person responsible for home day care must fulfil;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as person responsible for home day care;
(15) determining the cases, conditions, circumstances and terms in or according to which grants may be made to a permit holder, a person, a school board, a municipality, a public establishment or an agency mentioned or referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5 of section 31, or to a school board under section 33.1;
(16) fixing the periods during which a school board provides school day care to the children receiving preschool education and elementary instruction in its schools;
(16.1) requiring that the holder of a permit have in his employ a person responsible for the management of the day care centre, nursery school, stop over centre or home day care agency;
(17) establishing standards of qualification of persons who provide day care;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of members of the staff of a day care establishment and the number of children received there;
(19) determining the formalities of registration, admission and discharge of children in a day care establishment;
(20) determining the persons from whom a day care establishment may require the amount of the contribution for the children it receives;
(21) determining the cases, terms and conditions in or according to which a person may be exempted from the payment of a contribution;
(22) determining the cases, terms and conditions in or according to which financial assistance corresponding to the exemption from contribution may be paid;
(22.1) determining the cases, terms and conditions in or according to which a person exempted under section 40 or a person contemplated by paragraphs 1 to 3 of section 41 who received, directly or indirectly, under section 40 or 41, a sum of money to which he was not entitled, is required to repay that sum of money, and determining the cases, circumstances, terms and conditions in or according to which the sum may be deducted from any future financial assistance payment;
(23) determining the documents on which the signature of the chairman or secretary of the bureau may be affixed by means of an automatic device.
Every regulation of the bureau shall be submitted to the Government which may amend it before granting its approval.
73. The bureau may make regulations, for the whole or part of the Québec territory,
(1) determining the form and tenor of an application for the issue or renewal of a permit, the qualifications of a person soliciting a permit or its renewal, the requirements he must fulfil, the information and documents he must furnish and the duties he must pay;
(2) establishing standards for the arrangement, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, heating and lighting of the premises where day care is provided;
(3) determining the conditions that a permit holder who ceases his activities must fulfil;
(4) establishing classes of day care centres, taking into account the age of the children received there and the services that must be provided;
(5) determining the maximum number of children who may be received in premises used as a day care centre, nursery school or stop-over centre or for home day care, taking into account the dimensions and arrangement of these premises, the services that must be provided there and the class to which the day care establishment belongs, where such is the case;
(6) establishing standards of hygiene, salubrity and safety to be complied with in day care centres, nursery schools, stop-over centres or homes;
(7) determining the elements of the programme of activities that a day care centre, nursery school or home must provide to children in order to promote their physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development; in determining these elements, their complementarity with other programmes may be taken into account;
(8) determining the form and tenor of the registration and attendance card that the holder of a day care centre, nursery school or stop-over centre permit, a person responsible for home day care or a school board or corporation of school trustees providing school day care must keep for each child he or it receives, and establishing standards for the keeping, examination and photographic reproduction of that card;
(9) identifying the books and accounts that a permit holder, except a municipal corporation, school board or corporation of school trustees, must keep and establishing rules for the keeping of these books and accounts;
(10) determining the information that a permit holder must furnish in his report of activities;
(11) determining the conditions on and the cases in which day care is provided on a regular basis in a stop-over centre;
(12) determining the conditions that the applicant for a home day care agency permit must fulfil;
(13) determining the conditions that a natural person soliciting recognition as a person responsible for home day care must fulfil;
(14) establishing the terms and conditions of recognition of a natural person as person responsible for home day care;
(15) determining the cases, terms and conditions in or according to which grants may be given to the holder of a day care centre permit contemplated in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 4, to the holder of a home day care agency permit for his benefit or the benefit of a person responsible for home day care or to the holder of a non-profit stop-over centre permit;
(16) fixing the periods during which a school board or a corporation of school trustees provides school day care on school days, outside school hours, to the children attending classes and receiving educational services in the kindergarten and primary grades in its schools;
(17) establishing standards of qualification of persons who provide day care;
(18) determining the ratio between the number of members of the staff of a day care establishment and the number of children received there;
(19) determining the formalities of registration, admission and discharge of children in a day care establishment;
(20) determining the persons from whom a day care establishment may require the amount of the contribution for the children it receives;
(21) determining the cases, terms and conditions in or according to which a person may be exempted from the payment of a contribution;
(22) determining the cases, terms and conditions in or according to which financial assistance corresponding to the exemption from contribution may be paid;
(23) determining the documents on which the signature of the chairman or secretary of the bureau may be affixed by means of an automatic device.
Every draft regulation contemplated in the first paragraph shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec with a notice that upon the expiry of at least thirty days following such publication, they will be submitted to Government approval.
Every regulation contemplated in this section comes into force on the day of the publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec of a notice indicating that they have received Government approval or, if amended on that approval, of its final text, or on a later date fixed in the notice or final text.
