Daycare License Requirements for New Mexico

Worker requirements

Must be at least 18 years old

Provider / Child Ratio

Age Range	Ratio For Center-based Care
Infants	(1:6)
Toddlers	(1:6)
Preschool	(1:12)
School age	(1:15)
Mixed age group	same as above

Age Range

Ratio For Family Child Care

All ages

(1:6) and

(2:7-12)

[with no more than 2 children under the age of 2 years; includes provider's children under the age of 6 years]

New Mexico Deptartment of Children, Youth and Families
Child Services Unit / Licensing
1920 Fifth Street
P.O. Drawer 5160
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5160
Fax: 505-827-7946
Hotline: 800-610-7610 ext. 77499
Web site: http://www.newmexicokids.org

Licensing Child care centers

http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/NMAC/parts/title08/08.016.0002.htm

Regulations non licensed child care

http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/NMAC/parts/title08/08.017.0002.htm

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