(1) All staff and owners working more than 500 hours annually at any licensed or registered child care facility must successfully complete required annual training as defined in the Practitioner Registry.
- (a) Staff and owners of licensed child care centers, and registered group and family child care facility must complete 16 hours of annual training.
- (b) Staff and owners of licensed school-age care or registered FFN providers must complete eight hours of annual training.
- (2) The training must be approved through the Practitioner Registry.
- (3) Education and training must relate to the Montana Early Care and Education Knowledge Base.
Authorizing statute(s): 52-2-704, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 52-2-704, 52-2-723, 52-2-731, MCA
History: NEW, 2025 MAR, 37-1044, Eff. 5/1/25.