House Journal: Page 1880: Thursday, April 29, 1999

39   registration under this chapter.

40     2.  a.  A person shall not operate or establish a
41   group day child care home unless the person obtains a
42   certificate of registration under this chapter.  Two
43   persons who comply with the individual requirements
44   for registration as a group day child care provider
45   may request that the certificate be issued to the two
46   persons jointly and the department shall issue the
47   joint certificate provided the group day child care
48   home requirements for registration are met.  All other
49   requirements of this chapter for registered family day
50   child care homes and the rules adopted under this
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 1   chapter for registered family day child care homes
 2   apply to group day child care homes.  In addition, the
 3   department shall adopt rules relating to the provision
 4   in group day child care homes for a separate area for
 5   sick children.  In consultation with the state fire
 6   marshal, the department shall adopt rules relating to
 7   the provision of fire extinguishers, smoke detectors,
 8   and two exits accessible to children.
 9     b.  Except as provided in subsection 3, a group day
10   child care home shall not provide child day care to
11   more than eleven children at any one time.  If there
12   are more than six children present for a period of two
13   hours or more, the group day child care home must have
14   at least one responsible individual who is at least
15   fourteen years of age present to assist the group day
16   child care provider in accordance with either of the
17   following conditions:
18     (1)  If the responsible individual is a joint
19   holder of the certificate of registration, not more
20   than four of the children present shall be less than
21   twenty-four months of age and not more than ten of the
22   children present shall be twenty-four months of age or
23   older but not attending school in kindergarten or a
24   higher grade level.
25     (2)  If the responsible individual is not a joint
26   holder of the certificate of registration, but is at
27   least fourteen years of age, not more than four of the
28   children shall be less than twenty-four months of age
29   and each child in excess of six children shall be
30   attending school in kindergarten or a higher grade
31   level.
32     3.  A registered group day child care home may
33   provide care in accordance with this subsection for
34   more than eleven but less than sixteen children for a
35   period of less than two hours or for a period of two
36   hours or more during a day with inclement weather
37   following the cancellation of school classes.  The

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