39-1112A. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. The department shall make available to daycare consumers an informational pamphlet, created by the department, to educate daycare consumers with informational tools useful in identifying quality daycare. The department may deliver pamphlets during direct contact with daycare consumers, or by delivering pamphlets to daycare providers during the licensing or renewal process, during inspections or through other appropriate means. The pamphlet shall include:
(1) The importance of parents being vigilant for the safety, emotional health and training of their children that cannot be replaced by any other institution or individual;
(2) The basic characteristics of a quality daycare;
(3) A strong suggestion to parents to inquire about criminal history checks for any provider in a family daycare home;
(4) A link to a department approved website that contains more detailed information; and
(5) A department or other phone number for parents to report unsafe, dangerous or harmful activities within the daycare.
History:
[39-1112A, added 2009, ch. 295, sec. 12, p. 879.]