                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATED CHILD DAY PROGRAMS TO REQUIRE PROOF OF CHILD IDENTITY AND AGE; REPORT
TO LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (§ 22.1-289.049)

A. Upon enrollment of a child in a regulated child day program, such child day
program shall require information from the person enrolling the child regarding
previous child day care and schools attended by the child. The regulated child
day program shall also require that the person enrolling the child present the
regulated child day program with the proof of the child&#8217;s identity and
age. The proof of identity, if reproduced or retained by the child day program
or both, shall be destroyed upon the conclusion of the requisite period of
retention. The procedures for the disposal, physical destruction, or other
disposition of the proof of identity containing social security numbers shall
include all reasonable steps to destroy such documents by (i) shredding, (ii)
erasing, or (iii) otherwise modifying the social security numbers in those
records to make them unreadable or indecipherable by any means.

B. For purposes of this section:
			&#8220;Proof of identity&#8221; means a certified copy of a birth certificate
or other reliable proof of the child&#8217;s identity and age.
			&#8220;Regulated child day program&#8221; is one in which a person or
organization has agreed to assume responsibility for the supervision,
protection, and well-being of a child under the age of 13 for less than a
24-hour period that is licensed pursuant to &#xA7; 22.1-289.011, voluntarily
registered pursuant to &#xA7; 22.1-289.015, certified as a preschool or nursery
school program pursuant to &#xA7; 22.1-289.032, exempted from licensure as a
child day center operated by a religious institution pursuant to &#xA7;
22.1-289.031, or approved as a family day home by a licensed family day system.

C. If the parent, guardian, or other person enrolling the child in a regulated
child day program for longer than two consecutive days or other pattern of
regular attendance does not provide the information required by subsection A
within seven business days of initial attendance, such child day program shall
immediately notify the local law-enforcement agency in its jurisdiction of such
failure to provide the requested information.

D. Upon receiving notification of such failure to provide the information
required by subsection A, the law-enforcement agency shall, if available
information warrants, immediately submit an inquiry to the Missing Children
Information Clearinghouse and, with the assistance of the local department of
social services, if available information warrants, conduct the appropriate
investigation to determine whether the child is missing.

E. The Board shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this
section.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 860, 861.