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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 237A.1, subsection 8, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  "Group day care home" means a facility providing child
  1  4 day care for more than six but less than twelve children as
  1  5 authorized in accordance with section 237A.3, subsection 2, or
  1  6 for less than sixteen children at any one time as authorized
  1  7 in accordance with section 237A.3, subsection 3, provided each
  1  8 child in excess of six children is attending school in
  1  9 kindergarten or a higher grade level.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 237A.3, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  1 11 amended to read as follows:
  1 12    2.  a.  A person shall not operate or establish a group day
  1 13 care home unless the person obtains a certificate of
  1 14 registration under this chapter.  In order to be registered,
  1 15 the group day care home shall have at least one responsible
  1 16 individual, age fourteen or older, on duty to assist the group
  1 17 day care home provider when there are more than six children
  1 18 present for more than a two-hour period.  Two persons who
  1 19 comply with the individual requirements for registration as a
  1 20 group day care provider may request that the certificate be
  1 21 issued to the two persons jointly and the department shall
  1 22 issue the joint certificate provided the group day care home
  1 23 requirements for registration are met.  All other requirements
  1 24 of this chapter for registered family day care homes and the
  1 25 rules adopted under this chapter for registered family day
  1 26 care homes apply to group day care homes.  In addition, the
  1 27 department shall adopt rules relating to the provision in
  1 28 group day care homes for a separate area for sick children.
  1 29 In consultation with the state fire marshal, the department
  1 30 shall adopt rules relating to the provision of fire
  1 31 extinguishers, smoke detectors, and two exits accessible to
  1 32 children.
  1 33    b.  Except as provided in subsection 3, a group day care
  1 34 home shall not provide child day care to more than eleven
  1 35 children at any one time.  If there are more than six children
  2  1 present for a period of two hours or more, the group day care
  2  2 home must have at least one responsible individual present to
  2  3 assist the group day care provider in accordance with either
  2  4 of the following conditions:
  2  5    (1)  If the responsible individual is the joint holder of
  2  6 the certificate of registration, not more than six of the
  2  7 children present shall be two years of age or younger and not
  2  8 more than ten of the children present shall be more than two
  2  9 years of age but not attending school in kindergarten or a
  2 10 higher grade level.
  2 11    (2)  If the responsible individual is at least fourteen
  2 12 years of age, not more than four of the children shall be two
  2 13 years of age or younger and each child in excess of six
  2 14 children shall be attending school in kindergarten or a higher
  2 15 grade level.  
  2 16                           EXPLANATION
  2 17    This bill relates to registered group day care homes.
  2 18    The definition of "group day care home" in Code section
  2 19 237A.1 is amended to strike a requirement that if more than
  2 20 six children are present in the home, those additional
  2 21 children must be attending school in kindergarten or a higher
  2 22 grade level.  The stricken requirement is modified and
  2 23 reinserted in the regulatory provisions for group child care
  2 24 in Code section 237A.3.
  2 25    The Code section 237A.3 amendment affects group day care
  2 26 homes in two ways.  The first allows two persons who meet
  2 27 group day care home registration requirements to be issued a
  2 28 joint registration certificate.  The second is directed to
  2 29 requirements when there are more than six children present for
  2 30 a period of two hours or more.  In this situation, the
  2 31 amendment sets the ages of children cared for in a group day
  2 32 care home based upon the registration status of the
  2 33 responsible individual assisting the care provider.  If the
  2 34 assistant is the joint holder of the certificate of
  2 35 registration, the home may care for not more than six children
  3  1 who are age two or less and not more than 10 children who are
  3  2 more than two years of age but not attending school at the
  3  3 kindergarten or a higher grade level.  If the assistant is at
  3  4 least 14 years of age, a limitation of not more than four
  3  5 children age two or less applies, plus the requirement in
  3  6 current law that if more than six children are present, the
  3  7 additional children must be attending school at the
  3  8 kindergarten or a higher grade level.  
  3  9 LSB 1116XS 77
  3 10 jp/sc/14
     
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