Minimum qualifications of providers

A provider shall: 1. Be at least eighteen years of age; 2. Certify completion of a department-approved basic child care course within ninety days of licensure; 3. Certify completion of a minimum of nine hours of department-approved training related to child care annually, including one hour on mandated reporter of suspected child abuse or neglect. The same training courses may be counted toward licensing annual requirements only if at least three years has passed since the last completion date of that training course, with the exception of safe sleep and mandated reporter annual training; and 4. Certify completion of one hour of department-approved safe sleep training prior to provider providing care to infants and annually thereafter.