237A.3A CHILD DEVELOPMENT HOMES.
1. Registration.a. A person shall not establish or operate a child
development home unless the person obtains a certificate of
registration. The department shall issue a certificate of
registration upon receipt of a statement from the person or upon
completion of an inspection conducted by the department or a designee
of the department verifying that the person complies with applicable
rules adopted by the department pursuant to this section and section
237A.12.
b. The certificate of registration shall be posted in a
conspicuous place in the child development home and shall state the
name of the registrant, the registration category of the child
development home, the maximum number of children who may be present
for child care at any one time, and the address of the child
development home. In addition, the certificate shall include a
checklist of registration compliances.
c. The registration process for a child development home
shall be repeated every twenty-four months as provided by rule.
d. A person who holds a child foster care license under
chapter 237 shall register as a child development home provider in
order to provide child care.
2. Revocation or denial of registration. If the department
has denied or revoked a certificate of registration because a person
has continually or repeatedly failed to operate a registered or
licensed child care facility in compliance with this chapter and
rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the person shall not operate
or establish a registered child development home for a period of
twelve months from the date the registration or license was denied or
revoked. The department shall not act on an application for
registration submitted by the person during the twelve-month period.
The applicant or person shall be prohibited from involvement with
child care unless the involvement is specifically permitted by the
department.
3. Rules.a. Three categories of standards shall be applicable to child
development homes. The initial designations of the categories, which
may be revised by the department, shall be "A", "B", and "C", as
ranked from less stringent standards and capacity to more stringent
standards and capacity. The "C" registration category standards
shall require the highest level of provider qualifications and allow
the greatest capacity of the three categories. The department of
human services, in consultation with the Iowa department of public
health, shall adopt rules applying standards to each category
specifying provider qualifications and training, health and safety
requirements, capacity, amount of space available per child, and
other minimum requirements. The capacity requirements shall take
into consideration the provider's own children, children who have a
mild illness, children receiving part-time child care, and children
served as a sibling group in overnight care.
b. The rules shall allow a child development home to be
registered in a particular category for which the provider is
qualified even though the amount of space required to be available
for the maximum number of children authorized for that category
exceeds the actual amount of space available in that home. However,
the total number of children authorized for the child development
home at that category of registration shall be limited by the amount
of space available per child.
c. In consultation with the state fire marshal, the
department shall adopt rules relating to the provision of fire
extinguishers, smoke detectors, and two exits accessible to children
in a child development home.
d. The rules shall require a child development home to be
located in a single-family residence that is owned, rented, or leased
by the person or, for dual registrations, at least one of the persons
who is named on the child development home's certificate of
registration. For purposes of this paragraph, a "single-family
residence" includes an apartment, condominium, townhouse, or other
individual unit within a multiple unit residential dwelling, but does
not include a commercial or industrial building that is primarily
used for purposes other than a residence.
4. Number of children.a. In determining the number of children present for child
care at any one time in a child development home, each child present
in the child development home shall be considered as being provided
child care unless the child is described by one of the following
exceptions:
(1) The child's parent, guardian, or custodian operates or
established the child development home and the child is attending
school or the child is provided child care full-time on a regular
basis by another person.
(2) The child has been present in the child development home for
more than seventy-two consecutive hours and the child is attending
school or the child is provided child care full-time on a regular
basis by another person.
b. For purposes of determining the number of children present
for child care in a child development home, a child receiving foster
care from a child development home provider shall be considered to be
the child of the provider.
Legislative intent to enact required licensure of child
development homes commencing on July 1, 2013, with certain
exceptions; transition activities to begin on July 1, 2009, for
implementation of intended licensure requirement; department is to
develop and submit a plan by December 15, 2010, for creating
sustainable funding sources to support home-based child care
providers in meeting intended licensing requirement; 2009 Acts, ch
179, §210
237A.3A CHILD DEVELOPMENT HOMES.
1. Registration.a. A person shall not establish or operate a child
development home unless the person obtains a certificate of
registration. The department shall issue a certificate of
registration upon receipt of a statement from the person or upon
completion of an inspection conducted by the department or a designee
of the department verifying that the person complies with applicable
rules adopted by the department pursuant to this section and section
237A.12.
b. The certificate of registration shall be posted in a
conspicuous place in the child development home and shall state the
name of the registrant, the registration category of the child
development home, the maximum number of children who may be present
for child care at any one time, and the address of the child
development home. In addition, the certificate shall include a
checklist of registration compliances.
c. The registration process for a child development home
shall be repeated every twenty-four months as provided by rule.
d. A person who holds a child foster care license under
chapter 237 shall register as a child development home provider in
order to provide child care.
2. Revocation or denial of registration. If the department
has denied or revoked a certificate of registration because a person
has continually or repeatedly failed to operate a registered or
licensed child care facility in compliance with this chapter and
rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the person shall not operate
or establish a registered child development home for a period of
twelve months from the date the registration or license was denied or
revoked. The department shall not act on an application for
registration submitted by the person during the twelve-month period.
The applicant or person shall be prohibited from involvement with
child care unless the involvement is specifically permitted by the
department.
3. Rules.a. Three categories of standards shall be applicable to child
development homes. The initial designations of the categories, which
may be revised by the department, shall be "A", "B", and "C", as
ranked from less stringent standards and capacity to more stringent
standards and capacity. The "C" registration category standards
shall require the highest level of provider qualifications and allow
the greatest capacity of the three categories. The department of
human services, in consultation with the Iowa department of public
health, shall adopt rules applying standards to each category
specifying provider qualifications and training, health and safety
requirements, capacity, amount of space available per child, and
other minimum requirements. The capacity requirements shall take
into consideration the provider's own children, children who have a
mild illness, children receiving part-time child care, and children
served as a sibling group in overnight care.
b. The rules shall allow a child development home to be
registered in a particular category for which the provider is
qualified even though the amount of space required to be available
for the maximum number of children authorized for that category
exceeds the actual amount of space available in that home. However,
the total number of children authorized for the child development
home at that category of registration shall be limited by the amount
of space available per child.
c. In consultation with the state fire marshal, the
department shall adopt rules relating to the provision of fire
extinguishers, smoke detectors, and two exits accessible to children
in a child development home.
d. The rules shall require a child development home to be
located in a single-family residence that is owned, rented, or leased
by the person or, for dual registrations, at least one of the persons
who is named on the child development home's certificate of
registration. For purposes of this paragraph, a "single-family
residence" includes an apartment, condominium, townhouse, or other
individual unit within a multiple unit residential dwelling, but does
not include a commercial or industrial building that is primarily
used for purposes other than a residence.
4. Number of children.a. In determining the number of children present for child
care at any one time in a child development home, each child present
in the child development home shall be considered as being provided
child care unless the child is described by one of the following
exceptions:
(1) The child's parent, guardian, or custodian operates or
established the child development home and the child is attending
school or the child is provided child care full-time on a regular
basis by another person.
(2) The child has been present in the child development home for
more than seventy-two consecutive hours and the child is attending
school or the child is provided child care full-time on a regular
basis by another person.
b. For purposes of determining the number of children present
for child care in a child development home, a child receiving foster
care from a child development home provider shall be considered to be
the child of the provider.
Legislative intent to enact required licensure of child
development homes commencing on July 1, 2013, with certain
exceptions; transition activities to begin on July 1, 2009, for
implementation of intended licensure requirement; department is to
develop and submit a plan by December 15, 2010, for creating
sustainable funding sources to support home-based child care
providers in meeting intended licensing requirement; 2009 Acts, ch
179, §210
237A.3A CHILD DEVELOPMENT HOMES.
1. Registration.a. A person shall not establish or operate a child
development home unless the person obtains a certificate of
registration. The department shall issue a certificate of
registration upon receipt of a statement from the person or upon
completion of an inspection conducted by the department or a designee
of the department verifying that the person complies with applicable
rules adopted by the department pursuant to this section and section
237A.12.
b. The certificate of registration shall be posted in a
conspicuous place in the child development home and shall state the
name of the registrant, the registration category of the child
development home, the maximum number of children who may be present
for child care at any one time, and the address of the child
development home. In addition, the certificate shall include a
checklist of registration compliances.
c. The registration process for a child development home
shall be repeated every twenty-four months as provided by rule.
d. A person who holds a child foster care license under
chapter 237 shall register as a child development home provider in
order to provide child care.
2. Revocation or denial of registration. If the department
has denied or revoked a certificate of registration because a person
has continually or repeatedly failed to operate a registered or
licensed child care facility in compliance with this chapter and
rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the person shall not operate
or establish a registered child development home for a period of
twelve months from the date the registration or license was denied or
revoked. The department shall not act on an application for
registration submitted by the person during the twelve-month period.
The applicant or person shall be prohibited from involvement with
child care unless the involvement is specifically permitted by the
department.
3. Rules.a. Three categories of standards shall be applicable to child
development homes. The initial designations of the categories, which
may be revised by the department, shall be "A", "B", and "C", as
ranked from less stringent standards and capacity to more stringent
standards and capacity. The "C" registration category standards
shall require the highest level of provider qualifications and allow
the greatest capacity of the three categories. The department of
human services, in consultation with the Iowa department of public
health, shall adopt rules applying standards to each category
specifying provider qualifications and training, health and safety
requirements, capacity, amount of space available per child, and
other minimum requirements. The capacity requirements shall take
into consideration the provider's own children, children who have a
mild illness, children receiving part-time child care, and children
served as a sibling group in overnight care.
b. The rules shall allow a child development home to be
registered in a particular category for which the provider is
qualified even though the amount of space required to be available
for the maximum number of children authorized for that category
exceeds the actual amount of space available in that home. However,
the total number of children authorized for the child development
home at that category of registration shall be limited by the amount
of space available per child.
c. In consultation with the state fire marshal, the
department shall adopt rules relating to the provision of fire
extinguishers, smoke detectors, and two exits accessible to children
in a child development home.
d. The rules shall require a child development home to be
located in a single-family residence that is owned, rented, or leased
by the person or, for dual registrations, at least one of the persons
who is named on the child development home's certificate of
registration. For purposes of this paragraph, a "single-family
residence" includes an apartment, condominium, townhouse, or other
individual unit within a multiple unit residential dwelling, but does
not include a commercial or industrial building that is primarily
used for purposes other than a residence.
4. Number of children.a. In determining the number of children present for child
care at any one time in a child development home, each child present
in the child development home shall be considered as being provided
child care unless the child is described by one of the following
exceptions:
(1) The child's parent, guardian, or custodian operates or
established the child development home and the child is attending
school or the child is provided child care full-time on a regular
basis by another person.
(2) The child has been present in the child development home for
more than seventy-two consecutive hours and the child is attending
school or the child is provided child care full-time on a regular
basis by another person.
b. For purposes of determining the number of children present
for child care in a child development home, a child receiving foster
care from a child development home provider shall be considered to be
the child of the provider.
Legislative intent to enact required licensure of child
development homes commencing on July 1, 2013, with certain
exceptions; transition activities to begin on July 1, 2009, for
implementation of intended licensure requirement; department is to
develop and submit a plan by December 15, 2010, for creating
sustainable funding sources to support home-based child care
providers in meeting intended licensing requirement; 2009 Acts, ch
179, §210
