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Puerto Rico Regulations
The regulations listed below are current as of October 8, 2004

Puerto Rico has three documents regulating health and safety in child care.
Effective Date
Child Care and Development Homes
(Para el Licenciamiento y Supervision de Hogares de Cuido)		 June 2002
Child Care and Development Group Homes and Institutions
(Para el Licenciamiento y Supervision de Hogares de Grupo e Instituciones)		 June 2002
Children's Camps (including day camps and extended stay facilities)
(Para el Licenciamiento y Supervision de Hogare de Crianza para el Cuidado de Ninos y Ninas)		 June 2002

Licensing Contact

Programa para el Cuidado y el Desarrolo del Niño
Pda 2 Ponce de Leon Ave
San Juan, PR 000901

Phone: (787) 724-7532 or (787) 724-7534
E-mail: msobrino@acuden.gobierno.pr


Links to other Puerto Rico Child Care Contacts

Head Start State Collaboration Office - Not Available
State Child Care and Development Fund - Not Available
State Child Care Resource and Referral Agency- Not Available
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