A person who wishes to care for a child or several children under the age of 14 outside the household of the legal guardian for part of the day and for more than 15 hours a week for more than three months in return for payment requires a permit in accordance with Section 43 SGB VIII. This is issued by the local youth welfare office (§ 87a SGB VIII).

The care permit is limited to five years and can be subject to additional conditions.

The permit authorizes the care of up to five other children present at the same time. In individual cases, the permit can be limited to fewer than five children (e.g. if the premises are too small for five children). The total number of children to be cared for is limited to eight.

Large-scale day care is a form of child day care in which several child day carers (max. 3 regularly employed child day carers) look after the children who are contractually and personally assigned to them in shared rooms (the large-scale day care center). In principle, no more than three childminders may work permanently in large-scale daycare in Bavaria and may not care for more than ten children present at the same time (a maximum of 16 care relationships in total). If more than eight children are cared for at the same time, at least one of the childminders must be a pedagogical specialist.