Bloomfield, NJ Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)

Chapter 607 of the Bloomfield Township Code, adopted by the Bloomfield Board of Health on 4-7-1982, does not write a child-care code from scratch. Section 607-1 adopts the Manual of Requirements for Childcare Centers (Revised 2017 or a current version), as promulgated by the Department of Children and Families, and incorporates it by reference. The township's own changes apply exclusively to children in the two-month-to-two-year category.

Section 607-2 rewrites the manual's terms for Bloomfield. The Bloomfield Health Department is substituted for the New Jersey Department of Human Services in the legal-authority provision, and the word "bureau" is replaced with Health Department throughout the licensing procedures. The coverage threshold becomes four children between two months and two years of age, in place of six or more children over the age of two years and under the age of five years.

The staff/child ratio is printed as a two-row table: under 12 weeks, 3 children to 1 staff member, and 12 weeks through 2 years, 3 children to 1 staff member. A late fee of $25 is assessed for each license renewal application received on or after April 1. Under Section 624-2(A)(5) the annual license fee for day-care centers is $100.

The chapter also prints program and health rules. Toys should be approved by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, and separate parts of toys should be no smaller than two by two inches. Each staff member takes a Mantoux tuberculin skin test before starting work and submits written results within five business days of hire. A significant result (10 or more mm of induration) requires a chest x-ray within seven business days.