Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.64 – Rules and regulations; inspection requirements
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.64
- Child: means a person who has not reached the age of eighteen years. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
- Child Care and Development Fund: means the child care programs funded through the federal Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant Act and administered by the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
- Family child care provider: means an individual who provides child care services for fewer than twenty-four hours per day per child, as the sole caregiver, for six or fewer children, in a private residence. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
- In-home provider: means an individual who provides child care services in the child or children's own home. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
- Office: means the office of state fire marshal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
- Sponsoring organization: means a public or nonprofit private organization that is recognized by the department and that is entirely responsible for the administration of the Child and Adult Care Food Program for a provider. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to carry out the provisions of this Part for those registered family child care providers and in-home providers who participate in the United States Child and Adult Care Food Program or the Child Care and Development Fund.
B.(1) Each registered family child care provider and in-home provider shall be inspected and approved by the office in accordance with this Subsection and the rules and regulations as established pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, developed in consultation with the office of state fire marshal.
(2) Office personnel shall conduct all initial inspections of new and relocated family child care providers. The office shall conduct inspections on all other family child care providers triennially.
(3) Inspections shall be conducted and documented annually, in accordance with the rules and regulations established pursuant to this Section, by the office’s authorized agent including but not limited to a representative from a sponsoring organization.
(4) The office shall audit inspections conducted by authorized agents in accordance with the rules and regulations established pursuant to this Section.
Acts 2014, No. 868, §3, eff. Feb. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1; Acts 2015, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2022, No. 585, §1.