House Journal: Page 1881: Thursday, April 29, 1999

38   home must have the prior written approval from the

39   parent or guardian of each child present in the home
40   concerning the presence of excess children in the
41   home.  In addition, one or more of the following
42   conditions shall apply to each child present in the
43   home in excess of eleven children during a period of
44   inclement weather:
45     a.  The group day child care home provides care to
46   the child on a regular basis for periods of less than
47   two hours.
48     b.  If the child was not present in the group day
49   child care home, the child would be unattended.
50     c.  The group day child care home provides care to
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 1   a sibling of the child.
 2     4.  A person who operates or establishes a family
 3   day care home or a group day child care 
home and who
 4   is a child foster care licensee under chapter 237
 5   shall register with the department under this chapter.
 6   For purposes of registration and determination of the
 7   maximum number of children who can be provided child
 8   day care by the family day care home or group 
day
 9   child care home, the children receiving child foster
10   care shall be considered the children of the person
11   operating the family day care home or group 
day child
12   care home.
13     5.  If the department has denied or revoked a
14   registration because the applicant or person has
15   continually or repeatedly failed to operate a
16   registered child day care facility in compliance with
17   this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this
18   chapter, the person shall not own or operate a
19   registered facility for a period of six months from
20   the date the registration is denied or revoked.  The
21   department shall not act on an application for
22   registration submitted by the applicant or person
23   during the six-month period."
24     5.  By striking page 6, line 31, through page 7,
25   line 12, and inserting the following:
26     "Sec. ___.  Section 237A.3A, subsection 1, Code
27   1999, is amended to read as follows:
28     1.  PILOT PROJECT.  The department shall implement
29   a pilot project applying the provisions of this
30   section to registered family or group day child care
31   homes located in one county of this state.  The
32   provisions of this section shall not apply to
33   unregistered family day child care homes located in
34   the pilot project county.  The county selected for the
35   pilot project shall be a rural county where there is
36   interest among child day care providers and consumers

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