California to Consider Bill Regulating Children's Camps
Lawmakers in California recently introduced A.B.1737, a bill which would drastically expand the definition of camps in the state and apply new regulations to most day camps.
The bill proposes to change the terminology used in California law from “organized camp” to “children’s camp”. The new definition for “children’s camp” would drastically expand the definition of camps and apply regulations to far more camps than are currently regulated in the state.
“Children’s camps” are defined in the bill as: a camp that offers daytime or overnight experiences administered by professional adults who provide social, cultural, educational, recreational, or artistic programming to more than 5 children between 3 and 17 years of age for 5 days or longer during at least one season (licensed day care facilities are exempt from this definition).
If this bill passed, many regulations would now apply to “children’s camps”, these regulations include, but are not limited to:
The bill further establishes safety requirements, such as minimum staff-to-camper ratios, the types of background checks to be conducted, and the camper health records which need to be retained.
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