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Code · Michigan · Chapter 722 — Children

722.115q Child care center, group child care home, or family child care home; contact with child by licensee, child care staff member, or household adult member prohibite

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722.115q Child care center, group child care home, or family child care home; contact with child by licensee, child care staff member, or household adult member prohibited; conditions.
Sec. 5q.
(1)Except as provided in section 5n(8), a licensee, child care staff member, or adult member of the household may not have contact with a child who is in the care of a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home, until the department obtains documentation from the department of health and human services that he or she has not been named in a central registry case as the perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect. Upon request by the department, the licensee, child care staff member, or adult member of the household shall provide the department with an updated authorization for a central registry clearance. If a central registry clearance documents that a licensee, child care staff member, or adult member of the household is named in a central registry case as a perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect, he or she is ineligible to receive a license to operate a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member.
(2)If the licensee, child care staff member, or adult member of the household has resided outside of this state as an adult within the 5 years immediately preceding the date of application for a license, or the date that he or she was hired as a child care staff member or resided in a group child care home or family child care home, except as provided in section 5n(8), the individual may not have contact with a child who is in the care of a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home until the department obtains documentation equivalent to the department of health and human services central registry clearance for the states of previous residence that he or she has not been named in a central registry case as the perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect. If the documentation equivalent to the department of health and human services central registry clearance for the states of previous residence indicates that the individual is named as a perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect, the individual is ineligible to receive a license, be an adult member of the household, or be a child care staff member.
(3)Each child care center, group child care home, or family child care home that has volunteers on site shall establish and maintain a policy regarding supervision of volunteers including volunteers who are parents of a child receiving care at the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home.
(4)As used in this section, "child abuse" and "child neglect" mean those terms as defined in section 2 of the child protection law, 1975 PA 238, MCL 722.622.
History: Add. 2017, Act 256 , Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties relative to the licensing and regulation of child caring institutions, child placing agencies, foster family homes, foster family group homes, and court-operated facilities from department of licensing and regulatory affairs to the department of health and human services, see E.R.O. No. 2018-6, compiled at MCL 722.110.For the transfer of all powers and duties related to the licensing and regulation of children's camps, child care centers, day care centers, family day care homes, and group day care homes from the department of licensing and regulatory affairs to MiLEAP, see E.R.O. No. 2023-2, compiled at MCL 388.1283.
Popular Name: Act 116
Popular Name: Child Care Licensing Act
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