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PAG LIN 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 concerningthese centersa center and the 1 17 persons in charge. The administrator shall require thatthea 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
Text: HF00608 Text: HF00610 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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