Section 170-300-0010 - License required(1) An individual or entity that provides child care and early learning services for a group of children, birth through twelve years of age, must be licensed by the department, pursuant to RCW 43.216.295, unless exempt under RCW 43.216.010(2) and WAC 110-300-0025.(2) The department must not license a department employee or a member of the employee's household if the employee is involved directly, or in an administrative or supervisory capacity in the: (b) Placement of a child in a licensed early learning program; or(c) Authorization of payment for the child in care.(3) A license is required when an individual provides child care and early learning services in his or her family home: (a) Outside the child's home on a regular and ongoing basis for one or more children not related to the licensee; or(b) For preschool age children for more than four hours a day. As used in this chapter, "not related" means not any of the relatives listed in RCW 43.216.010(2)(a).
(4) The department may license a center located in a private family residence when the portion of the residence accessible to children is:(a) Used exclusively for children during the center's operating hours or when children are in care; or(b) Separate from the family living quarters.Wash. Admin. Code § 170-300-0010
Adopted by WSR 18-14-079, Filed 6/30/2018, effective 8/1/2019