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West Virginia Regulations
The state’s regulatory information listed below is verified as of August 1, 2012

West Virginia has ten different documents regulating health and safety in child care.
Effective Date
Title 78, Series 1, Child Care Centers Licensing 5/20/2009
Title 78, Series 18, Family Child Care Facility Licensing Requirements 5/10/2012
Title 78, Series 19, Family Child Care Home Registration Requirements 5/10/2012
Title 78, Series 20, Informal And Relative Family Child Care Home Registration Requirements 7/1/2007
Title 78, Series 21, Out of School Time Child Care Licensing 5/10/2012
Title 61 Legislative Rules Series 12J: Integrated Pest Management Programs in Schools and Day Care Centers/Facilities 7/1/2010
Title 64 West Virginia Legislative Rule Division of Health Series 21 Child Care Centers 6/1997
Child Care Policy and Procedure Manual 9/2010
Child Care Policy and Procedure Manual Appendix C 7/2009
Title 87 Fire Code 7/1/2010

State Licensing Contact

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Division of Early Care and Education
350 Capitol Street, Room B-18
Charleston, WV 25301

Phone: 304-558-1885 or to find the phone number for your town, please go to http://www.wvdhhr.org/bcf/ece/earlycare/documents/CCLU%20Map%202006%20L4.swf
Web Page: http://www.wvchildcare.org/


Links to other West Virginia State Child Care Contacts
Healthy Child Care America
State Child Care and Development Fund
Child Care and Development fund Tribal Plan for 2012-2013
State Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
State Early Learning Guidelines:
West Virginia Early Learning Standards Framework: Content Standards and Learning Criteria for Pre-Kindergarten (2003)