Approval for establishing a nursery school/childcare center: Standards for establishing a licensed nursery school | Support Administrative Scrivener Corporation

This section explains the standards for establishing licensed daycare centers. Property Standards: Right to Use Facilities: In principle, daycare centers are required to own, lease, or receive permission to use all property directly necessary for the operation of the daycare center from the national or local government. However, if the following requirements are met, it is acceptable for the property to be leased from a party other than the national or local government. A. In principle, surface rights or leasehold rights must be established and registered. However, if it is determined that stable business continuity can be ensured, such as in the following cases, registration of surface rights or leasehold rights is not required: 1. The building lease period is stipulated in the lease agreement as being 10 years or longer. 2. The landlord is a highly creditworthy entity such as a local housing corporation or equivalent corporation, or a major local transportation operator. B. Rent must be at or below an appropriate amount in light of local standards. C. Stable financial resources must be secured to cover rent payments. In addition to this, the nursery school must hold funds in a safe and liquid form (such as ordinary deposits, fixed-term deposits, or government bonds) totaling 10 million yen (or the equivalent of 1 year's rent if the annual rent exceeds 10 million yen) to cover immediate payments, plus an amount deemed by the prefecture (including designated cities and core cities) to enable the nursery school to operate stably, depending on the scale of the business. D. Rent and its financial resources must be properly recorded in the income and expenditure budget. Operating Funds: The nursery school must have funds equivalent to at least 1/12 of its annual operating expenses. Businesses Other Than Nursery School Business: The organization must not have recorded losses for three or more consecutive years in the most recent fiscal year for its overall financial condition, including businesses other than those operating the nursery school. Standards for nursery buildings and facilities Infant rooms, crawling rooms, nursery rooms, and indoor play rooms should preferably be located on the first floor unless there is a special reason not to. ・If an infant room, crawling room, nursery room, or indoor play room is located on the second floor or above, efforts must be made to further improve disaster prevention equipment, and all possible measures must be taken, such as conducting evacuation drills and securing the cooperation of fire departments. ・Even when an infant room, crawling room, nursery room, or indoor play room is located on the first floor, the purpose of two-way evacuation must be taken into consideration. ・In nursery rooms, etc. (including corridors, toilets, terraces, etc.) where infants pass through or enter and exit, wire mesh or fences must be installed to prevent infants from falling, or facilities must be in place to prevent infants from opening and closing windows. Regarding stairs, take sufficient care to prevent infants from falling, such as by installing fences at the entrances that infants cannot open or close to prevent them from going up or down alone. Also, take care to prevent infants from accidentally entering offices and other areas that infants do not normally enter. - Make efforts to install hand-washing stations for children in each room or in the hallways near each room's entrance. Medical rooms - Make efforts to ensure facilities for rest by installing beds, curtains, etc. - Make efforts to stock medicines in medical rooms. Kitchens - Consider safety and hygiene. - Especially if childcare rooms are located on the third floor or higher, separate the kitchen from other areas with specific fire prevention equipment. - Make sure routes for bringing in ingredients, etc. do not overlap with childcare routes, such as by installing dedicated entrances and exits. - Make efforts to install a separate anteroom and toilet for cooks. Toilets and dedicated hand-washing stations should be provided. - There should be at least two toilets (for children), with the number appropriate to the number of children. - The specifications of toilets (for children) must be such that they are safe and comfortable for children to use, and consideration must be given to installing handrails and privacy screens. The area of infant rooms and crawling rooms must be at least 3.3 square meters per infant or toddler under the age of two. Nursery and play rooms must be at least 1.98 square meters per toddler over the age of two, and the area of outdoor play areas must be at least 3.3 square meters per toddler over the age of two. For childcare facility management businesses, contact Support Administrative Scrivener Corporation. Applications for childcare facility management businesses are highly specialized, and are one of the few areas in which administrative scriveners can handle them. 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Facility use rights	As a general rule, you are required to have ownership of all the properties directly necessary for the operation of the nursery school, or to have them leased or licensed by the national or local government. However, if the following requirements are met, there is no problem in receiving loans from parties other than the national government or local governments. A. In principle, establish and register superficies or lease rights. However, if it is judged that stable business continuity can be ensured, such as in the following cases, there is no need to register superficies or lease rights. ① If the lease period of the building is specified in the lease contract as 10 years or more ② If the lender is a highly creditworthy entity such as a local housing corporation or equivalent corporation, or a core transportation operator in the region. (b) The rent must be an appropriate amount or less in light of local standards. c. With regard to financial resources for rent, the property must have secured financial resources to ensure stable rental payments. In addition, in addition to this, ① an amount equivalent to one year's rent and ② 1 million yen (if the annual rent exceeds 1,000 million yen, the amount equivalent to that one year's rent) will be allocated to the immediate payment. Based on the equivalent amount), the total amount of funds that the prefecture (including designated cities and core cities) has recognized as being able to stably operate the nursery school according to the scale of the business will be converted into safe and secure cash. be held in a highly flexible form (ordinary deposits, term deposits, government bonds, etc.). D. The rent and its financial resources are appropriately recorded in the income and expenditure budget.
operating funds	It is necessary to have funds equivalent to at least one-twelfth of the annual operating expenses of the certified childcare center.
Businesses other than nursery school business	In the most recent fiscal year, the entity must not have recorded a loss for three consecutive years or more in terms of its overall financial profile, including businesses other than the daycare center business.

Infant room, nursery room, nursery room, and indoor play room	・It is desirable that the infant room, nursery room, nursery room, and indoor play room be located on the first floor unless there is a special reason to do so. ・If an infant room, nursery room, nursery room, or indoor play room is located on the second floor or above, efforts should be made to further improve disaster prevention equipment, and all possible measures should be taken to conduct evacuation drills and secure cooperation from fire departments. ・When installing an infant room, nursery room, nursery room, and indoor play room on the first floor, the purpose of two-way evacuation should be taken into consideration. - Install wire mesh, fences, etc. in areas where infants and infants pass through and enter and exit nursery rooms (including hallways, toilets, terraces, etc.) to prevent infants from falling, or prevent infants from opening and closing windows. Equipment is required. When it comes to stairs, be sure to prevent infants from falling by installing fences that cannot be opened or closed at exits to prevent infants from going up and down the stairs by themselves. Take care not to enter the area. ・Efforts should be made to install handwashing stations for children in each room or in the hallway near the entrance to each room.
Medical office	・Efforts should be made to ensure functions that allow for relaxation by installing beds, curtains, etc. ・Efforts should be made to have medical supplies available in the medical room.
Kitchen room	- Consider safety and health aspects. ・In particular, if a nursery room, etc. is installed on the third floor or above, separate the cooking room from other areas using specified fire prevention equipment. - Care should be taken to ensure that the routes for bringing in foodstuffs, etc. do not overlap with the flow of childcare, such as by installing dedicated entrances and exits. ・Efforts should be made to install a separate front room and restroom for cooks.
Toilet	- Provide a dedicated hand washing area. ・The number of toilet bowls (for children) should be two or more, and efforts should be made to ensure that the number corresponds to the number of children. - The specifications of the toilet bowl (for children) should be such that children can use it safely and comfortably, and consideration should be given to the installation of handrails, blindfolds, etc.
Infant room / nursery room	The area shall be at least 3.3 square meters per infant or child under XNUMX years of age.
Nursery room/play room	The area of the outdoor play area shall be at least 1.98 square meters for each child aged 3.3 years or older, and the area of the outdoor play area shall be at least XNUMX square meters for each child aged XNUMX years or older.

Standards for establishing a licensed nursery school

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Standards for nursery buildings and equipment

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