WI State Law

State Law Chapter 48.65, WI Statutes:

No person shall for compensation provide care and supervison for four or more children under the age of seven for less than 24 hours a day unless that person obtains a license to operate a day care center from the Department of Health and Family Services

When this Law applies:

The law applies when there are four or more children under the age of seven at any one time and :

• the care takes place outside of the child's home

• the caregiver is a non-relative and non-guardian

• the parents are OFF the premises

• the caregiver is paid or reimbursed for services

• the child care is less than 24 hours per day