House Journal: Page 1879: Thursday, April 29, 1999

40   include a check list of registration compliances.

41     b.  No greater number of children than is
42   authorized by the registration certificate shall be
43   kept in the family day child care home at any one
44   time.  However, a registered or unregistered family
45   day child care home may provide care for more than six
46   but less than twelve children at any one time for a
47   period of less than two hours, provided that each
48   child in excess of six children is attending school in
49   kindergarten or a higher grade level.
50     c.  A family day child care home may provide care
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 1   in accordance with this subsection for more than six
 2   but less than twelve children for two hours or more
 3   during a day with inclement weather following the
 4   cancellation of school classes.  The home must have
 5   prior written approval from the parent or guardian of
 6   each child present in the home concerning the presence
 7   of excess children in the home pursuant to this
 8   paragraph.  The home must have a responsible
 9   individual, age fourteen or older, on duty to assist
10   the home provider when more than six children are
11   present in accordance with the provisions of this
12   paragraph.  In addition, one or more of the following
13   conditions shall apply to each child present in the
14   home in excess of six children:
15     (1)  The home provides care to the child on a
16   regular basis for periods of less than two hours.
17     (2)  If the child was not present in the family day
18   child care home, the child would be unattended.
19     (3)  The home regularly provides care to a sibling
20   of the child.
21     d.  In determining the number of children cared for
22   at any one time in a registered or unregistered family
23   day child care home, if the person who operates or
24   establishes the home is a child's parent, guardian,
25   relative, or custodian and the child is not attending
26   school in kindergarten or a higher grade level or is
27   not receiving child day care full-time on a regular
28   basis from another person, the child shall be
29   considered to be receiving child day care from the
30   person and shall be counted as one of the children
31   cared for in the home.
32     e.  The registration process may be repeated on an
33   annual basis.
34     f.  A child day care home provider or program which
35   is not a family day child care home by reason of the
36   definition of child day care in section 237A.1,
37   subsection 4, but which provides care, supervision, or
38   guidance to a child may be issued a certificate of

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