Some types of child care are not required to be licensed with the Department of Early Learning and Child Care Licensing Division (CCLD). If any of the following exemptions apply to you, the type of care you provide may* not be required to be licensed. In certain situations you may be required to record the program with CCLD. See Recorded Programs for more information.:

• I am related to all the children I care for.

• I am providing care in the home of the child and all children present, not including my own children, reside in the home

• All the children I care for – not including my own children – are from the same family.

• The number of days that I care for children is not more than 70 days in a year.

• I am caring for three or fewer children, not including my own children, at any one time.

• I am operating a parent cooperative child care program. Parents of the children in care must provide care on a rotating basis and the program cannot operate for more than four hours per day.

• I am operating a program in a facility that provides care to children while the parents remain on the premises and are engaged in an activity offered by the facility or in other non-work activity.

For a full list, please visit: https://www.oregon.gov/delc/providers/Pages/become-a-provider.aspx#LicensedExemptChildCareOverview

Some types of child care are not required to be licensed with the Department of Early Learning and Child Care Licensing Division (CCLD). If any of the following exemptions apply to you, the type of care you provide may* not be required to be licensed. In certain situations you may be required to record the program with CCLD. See Recorded Programs for more information.:

• I am related to all the children I care for.

• I am providing care in the home of the child and all children present, not including my own children, reside in the home

• All the children I care for – not including my own children – are from the same family.

• The number of days that I care for children is not more than 70 days in a year.

• I am caring for three or fewer children, not including my own children, at any one time.

• I am operating a parent cooperative child care program. Parents of the children in care must provide care on a rotating basis and the program cannot operate for more than four hours per day.

• I am operating a program in a facility that provides care to children while the parents remain on the premises and are engaged in an activity offered by the facility or in other non-work activity.

For a full list, please visit: https://www.oregon.gov/delc/providers/Pages/become-a-provider.aspx#LicensedExemptChildCareOverview

• RF is defined by CCLD as a child care home that is licensed to care for no more than 10 children and is the residence of the provider.

• The Registered Family Child Care Home has limits on the ages and number of children that can be in care at one time. Of the 10 children in care, a maximum of 6 children can be preschool‐age or younger, of which only 2 children can be under 24 months of age. In addition to the 6 children preschool‐age or younger, you can care for up to 4 school‐age children.

• More school‐age children can be in care if there are fewer than 6 preschool‐age or younger children, as long as there are no more than 10 children in the home at any one time.

• A“Registered Family Child Care Home” or “RF” or “Registered Facility” means the residence of a provider to whom CCLD has issued a license to operate a facility in the family living quarters following the General Rules for All Child Care Facilities in OAR 414-075-0000 to 414-075-0300 and the Rules for Registered Family Child Care Homes in OAR 414-205-0000 to 414-205-0170. 

Link: https://www.oregon.gov/delc/providers/Pages/registered-family.aspx

• A“Certified Family Child Care Home” or “CF” means a child care facility operated in a building designed as a single family home or other dwelling that is certified to care for no more than 16 children at any one time. 

• A CF Home follows the General Rules for All Child Care Facilities in OAR 414-075-0000 to 414-075-0300 and the Rules for Certified Family Child Care Homes in OAR 414-350-0000 to 414-350-0405.

https://www.oregon.gov/delc/providers/Pages/certified-family.aspx

• A "Child Care Center" or "Center" means a child care facility that is certified to provide care and education of children, generally in a commercial or nonresidential setting, that is not a certified family child care home. There are two types of centers Certified Child Care Centers (CC) and Certified School-age Centers (SC). Each type of center follows it's own rule set.

• A Certified Center (CC) may be licensed to provide care for infants, toddlers, pre-school aged children and school-age children. These facilities follows the General Rules for All Child Care Facilities in OAR 414-075-0000 to 414-075-0300 and the Rules for Certified Child Care Centers in OAR 414-305-0100 to 414-305-1620.

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  A “School-Age Center” (SC) means a child care center that provides care only for school-age children eligible to be enrolled in kindergarten or above in the next school year, and which does not include night care, in a nonresidential setting. A Certified School-age Center (SC) follows the General Rules for All Child Care Facilities in OAR 414-075-0000 to 414-075-0300 and the Rules for Certified School-age Centers OAR 414-310-0100 to 414-310-0720.

https://www.oregon.gov/delc/providers/pages/certified-center.aspx

• Oregon statutes (ORS 329A.255 and ORS 329A.257) require certain programs serving children to be recorded with the Department of Early Learning and Care, Child Care Licensing Division.

• The purpose of these statutes are to ensure adults having contact with children pass a comprehensive background check and that the programs inform parents about the type of program they are using. 

• Recorded Programs

  Being recorded with the Child Care Licensing Division is different than being licensed in that there are only two requirements:

  1. All staff and volunteers 18 years of age and older, as well as individuals who may have unsupervised contact with children in the program, must be enrolled in the Central Background Registry (CBR).

  2. Providers must notify parents about a program’s recorded status and post the program notice in a place where it can be seen.

  Unlike a licensed child care facility, the rules for recorded programs are minimal. CCLD will not look at staff requirements, ratio of children to adults, equipment, activities or any other aspects of the program. In most cases, CCLD staff will not visit the facility.

  What type of programs must be recorded?

  1. Preschool programs that operate for four hours a day or less, are educational, and serve children from 36months of age eligible for first grade in a public school, must be recorded.

  2. Providing youth development activities* to school-age children (eligible for kindergarten up to 13 years of age) during hours that school is not in session.

https://www.oregon.gov/delc/providers/Pages/recorded-programs.aspx