EEC regulations require me to maintain an individual written record for every child I have in care. These records include the information that parents complete at enrollment, as well as
progress reports, incident reports and other documentation regarding your child’s care. Records are updated at least annually, but may be updated as frequently as is needed.
As a parent, you have access to the record that I maintain for your child, and you have the right to add information or to request that information in your child’s
record be changed or deleted. You also have a right to receive a copy of your child’s record; however I may charge a reasonable fee for that copy.
EEC regulations require that I make children’s records available to EEC at any time that EEC may request these records, such as during a licensing/monitoring visit, a
complaint investigation, or a financial review of my program. Failure on my part to provide these records to EEC could result in EEC citing me for regulatory non-compliance or taking legal
action against my license. When EEC staff members review children’s records in order ensure that I am in compliance with EEC regulations, at times they may copy and keep the information found
in these records in order to review my compliance with all EEC regulations and policies applicable to my program.
This information will be kept in my EEC Licensing file or in EEC’s financial monitoring file if the information involves issues related to subsidized care. EEC is required by law to keep
confidential any personally identifiable information found in children’s records collected and maintained by EEC staff members. EEC has a Privacy Policy which discusses how EEC keeps such
information confidential. That policy can be found by going to the EEC website at http://www.eec.state.ma.us/docs1/20101124_eec_privacy_policy.pdf.
Please let me know about any questions you have regarding your child’s record.