1. (a) Before/after school developmental day services for school age youth and preschool youth with or at risk for developmental delays, developmental disabilities, or atypical development are facilities that provide individual habilitative programming and recreational activities.

   1. (1) Services are provided preceding and following the school day during the months of local school operation and shall be designed to meet developmental needs of the client as well as the child care needs of families.
   2. (2) Before/after school services may be provided as a component of a developmental day center.

2. (b) Summer developmental day services for school aged and preschool youth with or at risk for developmental delays, developmental disabilities, or atypical development are facilities that provide individual habilitative programming and recreational activities in a licensed child care center for school-age youth during the summer period, when they are not participating in educational activities. This service is:

   1. (1) designed to promote continuing progress in acquiring developmental skills such as self‑help, fine and gross motor, language and communication, cognitive and social skills in order to facilitate functioning in a less restrictive environment; and
   2. (2) designed to meet child care needs of families.
3. (c) The rules in this Section are applicable when these services are provided as a separate free-standing component which is not in the same facility as a developmental day center for children licensed under G.S. 110, Article 7.

History Note: Authority G.S. 122C‑26; 143B‑147;
Eff. May 1, 1996;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. July 20, 2019.