(1) The department has established an infant/toddler care giver certification. In order to be certified as an infant/toddler care giver, a child care provider must complete at least one of the following training requirements:

(a) a current infant/toddler CDA certificate;

(b) a current family child care CDA that includes at least 30 hours of documented infant/toddler course work;

(c) the complete, four module, program for infant/toddler caregivers that is a minimum of 60 hours of instruction, 12 hours classroom per module and three hours of on site lab;

(d) a child care development specialist apprenticeship that includes 30 hours of documented infant/toddler course work;

(e) an AA in early childhood/child development that includes 30 hours of documented infant/toddler course work; or

(f) a BA in early childhood/child development that includes 30 hours of documented infant/toddler course work.

(2) The process for becoming certified as an infant/toddler care giver is set forth in the Child Care Manual, Section 7-3, dated October 1, 1999, is hereby adopted and incorporated by this reference. This manual section is available for public viewing at the resource and referral agencies located in various communities through the state, or at the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Human and Community Services Division, Early Childhood Services Bureau, 111 N. Jackson St., P.O. Box 202925, Helena, Montana 59620-2925. Copies of the Child Care Manual section are also available upon request at the aforementioned address.