Nanny Share in DC - License required?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here who does nanny shares in DC. No license was ever acquired, mentioned or presented. I worked in the share for 2 years.

In your home? Or one of the families homes?

One of the families home. The other family dropped their child off.

so your response has nothing to do with Ops question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, you should be fine; there’s nothing that specifically states that a child caregiver (nanny) is required to have a license caring for 2 children in someone else’s home. However, as a household employer, you are required to have worker comp insurance— if you chose not to, then you can be responsible for all out of pocket expenses may your household employee becomes hurt on the job.

I know tons of nanny share arrangements where they nanny is paid on the books— including myself and we haven’t had any issues.

That isn't OP's situation though. Read the OP:
Does my wife need a license to be a Nanny Share at our home for two children from separate families?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Could someone please post a link to the law.... I babysit one child occasionally in my home does that make me a daycare?

https://osse.dc.gov/page/licensing-process-child-care-providers

A home daycare is defined as (regularly scheduled) care for any children (unrelated to you) in your home. The number is specified only to distinguish between small (up to 6) and large (6-12) home daycares. If you are in the child’s home, you’re fine.

https://osse.dc.gov/service/licensing-and-compliance

DC has exemptions built in for nanny shares and occasional (not regularly scheduled) babysitting in your home.

Where is the DC nanny share exemption? I’m not finding it.

Second link:

“ If you do not meet any of the exempted categories below, then you need to apply for a license. The exemptions are:

Occasional babysitting in a babysitter’s home or a child’s home for the children of one family;
Care provided in a child’s home by a caregiver paid for by a child’s family;
Care provided for more than one child in a Nanny-Share, as defined in this chapter;”

But since the first link says that childcare in the childcare provider’s home is a home daycare, it needs to be licensed.

Does the homeowner’s insurance cover the visiting child in case of accident? Obviously not. This is what would concern me. The resident child is covered, the caregiver employee is covered, but NOT the visiting child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could someone please post a link to the law.... I babysit one child occasionally in my home does that make me a daycare?

https://osse.dc.gov/page/licensing-process-child-care-providers

A home daycare is defined as (regularly scheduled) care for any children (unrelated to you) in your home. The number is specified only to distinguish between small (up to 6) and large (6-12) home daycares. If you are in the child’s home, you’re fine.

https://osse.dc.gov/service/licensing-and-compliance

DC has exemptions built in for nanny shares and occasional (not regularly scheduled) babysitting in your home.

Where is the DC nanny share exemption? I’m not finding it.

Second link:

“ If you do not meet any of the exempted categories below, then you need to apply for a license. The exemptions are:

Occasional babysitting in a babysitter’s home or a child’s home for the children of one family;
Care provided in a child’s home by a caregiver paid for by a child’s family;
Care provided for more than one child in a Nanny-Share, as defined in this chapter;”

But since the first link says that childcare in the childcare provider’s home is a home daycare, it needs to be licensed.

Does the homeowner’s insurance cover the visiting child in case of accident? Obviously not. This is what would concern me. The resident child is covered, the caregiver employee is covered, but NOT the visiting child.

Off topic. I posted the exception for shares only because someone asked. OP’s question is about childcare in their own home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here who does nanny shares in DC. No license was ever acquired, mentioned or presented. I worked in the share for 2 years.

In your home? Or one of the families homes?

One of the families home. The other family dropped their child off.

so your response has nothing to do with Ops question.

So you cannot read or didn’t read the OP. Carry on.