Health Care Consultation in NYS

Health Care Consultants play a key role in supporting licensed and registered child day care providers as they work to meet one of their primary goals: providing the healthiest and safest environments for the children in their care.

Most Health Care Consultants for child day care programs in New York State are registered nurses. Amendments to the Nurse Practice Act in January 2005 enabled the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to revise the Child Day Care Regulations, allowing child day care providers to administer medication in their programs with the support of a Health Care Consultant and in accordance with the standards established in the regulations.

• Video: http://nti.unc.edu/video/
• Research:
  • Influence of Child Care Health Consultants Aug 2006 Study
  • Building Statewide Networks of Health Care Consultants
• http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/childcare/mat/mathcc.asp
• http://www.healthykids.us/chapters/cchc_pf.htm
• http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/nurse/