California Code § 101220(a): Child Medical Assessments

❌ Common Mistakes

• Letting children attend beyond 30 days without a completed medical assessment because the parent keeps promising to bring it. Providers feel uncomfortable enforcing deadlines with paying families, but inspectors count calendar days from enrollment and document every overdue file they find.
• Accepting a partial medical form as 'good enough.' A form missing the physician signature, immunization history, or allergy section is treated as incomplete by CCLD. Inspectors check for all required fields, not just whether paper exists in the folder.
• Filing the medical assessment but never actually reviewing it for health needs. Inspectors sometimes ask staff what allergies or conditions a child has. If staff can't answer and the info is on the form, it shows the assessment wasn't used for its intended purpose.
• Using an expired medical assessment for a returning child. If a child leaves and re-enrolls, you need a current assessment. Providers assume the old one carries over, but inspectors check dates against the most recent enrollment.