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House Journal: Page 1255: Friday, April 3, 1998

13   space available per child, provider qualifications and
14   training, and other minimum standards.
15     (2)  The rules shall allow a child day care home to
16   be registered at level II, III, or IV for which the
17   provider is qualified even though the amount of space
18   required to be available for the maximum number of
19   children authorized for that level exceeds the actual
20   amount of space available in that child care home.
21   However, the total number of children authorized for
22   the child care home at that level of registration
23   shall be limited by the amount of space available per
24   child.
25     Sec. ___.  Section 237A.3A, subsection 13,
26   paragraph a, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read
27   as follows:
28     a.  Except as otherwise provided in this
29   subsection, not more than twelve children shall be
30   present at any one time.  If more than seven eight
31   children are present, a second person must be present
32   who meets the individual qualifications for child care
33   home registration established by rule of the
34   department."
35     2.  Page 1, by striking lines 29 through 31 and
36   inserting the following:  "date.  During the
37   transition period, the following provisions shall
38   apply, notwithstanding section 237A.3A:
39     1.  A child care home provider who is providing
40   child day care".
41     3.  Page 2, by inserting after line 4 the
42   following:
43     "2.  A child care home provider who at the time of
44   registration in the pilot project at level I, II, or
45   III is providing child day care to school age children
46   in excess of the number of school age children
47   authorized for the registration level may continue to
48   provide care for those children.  The child care home
49   provider may exceed the total number of children
50   authorized for the level of registration by the number

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 1   of school age children in excess of the number
 2   authorized for the registration level.  This
 3   transition period exception is subject to all of the
 4   following:
 5     a.  The provider must comply with the other
 6   requirements as to number of children which are
 7   applicable to that registration level.
 8     b.  The maximum number of children attributable to
 9   the authorization for school age children at the
10   applicable registration level is five.
11     c.  If more than eight children are present at any
12   one time, the provider shall be assisted by a

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