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House File 609

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 10A.502, Code 2001, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  Inspections of licensed child care
  1  4 centers pursuant to section 237A.4.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 237A.4, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1  6 follows:
  1  7    237A.4  INSPECTION AND EVALUATION.
  1  8    The department of inspections and appeals shall make
  1  9 periodic inspections of licensed centers to ensure compliance
  1 10 with licensing requirements provided in this chapter, and the
  1 11 local boards of health may make periodic inspections of
  1 12 licensed centers to ensure compliance with health-related
  1 13 licensing requirements provided in this chapter.  The
  1 14 administrator and the department of inspections and appeals
  1 15 may inspect records maintained by a licensed center and may
  1 16 inquire into matters concerning these centers a center and the
  1 17 persons in charge.  The administrator shall require that the a
  1 18 center be inspected by the state fire marshal or a designee
  1 19 for compliance with rules relating to fire safety before a
  1 20 license is granted or renewed.  The administrator or a
  1 21 designee may periodically visit registered child care homes
  1 22 for the purpose of evaluation of an inquiry into matters
  1 23 concerning compliance with rules adopted under section
  1 24 237A.12.  Evaluation of child care homes under this section
  1 25 may include consultative services provided pursuant to section
  1 26 237A.6.  
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill provides for the department of inspections and
  1 29 appeals to assume responsibility for making inspections of
  1 30 licensed child care centers under Code chapter 237A.
  1 31    The bill amends Code section 10A.502 to include child care
  1 32 center inspection responsibilities in the duties listing for
  1 33 the administrator of the division of inspections of the
  1 34 department of inspections and appeals.  Under current law the
  1 35 inspections are performed by the department of human services.
  2  1 The bill also authorizes the department of inspections and
  2  2 appeals to inspect center records and to inquire into other
  2  3 matters concerning a center and persons in charge of a center.
  2  4 Under current law, this authority is provided only to a
  2  5 division administrator of the department of human services.  
  2  6 LSB 2917HH 79
  2  7 jp/gg/8
     

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