Child care health regulations

We establish and enforce sanitary standards for child care facilities.

We enforce the regulations in Clear Creek, Jackson, Moffat, Park, Pitkin, Ouray and Rio Blanco counties. Local health agencies inspect child care facilities in all other counties.

Inspections of child care facilities are required every two years but may be conducted more frequently based on an assessment of risk.

Resources

Get your child care center licensed

Regulations

• Rules and regulations governing health and sanitation in child care facilities (official Secretary of State version).
• Application for variance.

Food service

• Interpretive Memo - Indirect Drains.
• Indirect draining guidance.
• Multi-use sink plan application.
• Accidental feeding of breast milk to another mother's child.
• Date marking guidance.

Sanitizers and disinfectants

• Sanitizing with bleach.
• Disinfecting with bleach.
• List of approved disinfectants.

Preventing illness

• How Sick is too Sick.
• Sample Illness Policy.
• Illness Surveillance Log.
• Infectious Disease Guidelines.
• Handwashing sign.
• Lávese las manos (Handwashing sign in Spanish).
• Diaper changing sign.
• Procedimiento para cambiar pañales (Diaper changing sign in Spanish).
• Poisonous plant guide.
• Pautas sobre plantas tóxicas (Poisonous plant guide in Spanish).

Lead

• Preventing childhood lead poisoning.

Animals

• IM 16-02:Special Allowance for Animals Prohibited in Section 7.13.1.B.

Radon

• Radon testing requirements.

Resident camps

• Guide to a successful health inspection.
• Pools.
• Travel Trip Camp Questionnaire.

Summary of trainings

To register for the course(s), please create a Co.Train account. You will need the course ID to access the training.

Access Co.Train

• Everything you need to know about cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting: Co.Train course ID 1108635.

Contact

303-692-3645, option #3
cdphe_iepu@state.co.us