Sec. 11c.
(1) In the case of a disaster, a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home may temporarily operate at an unlicensed location under this section. The requirements to temporarily operate at an unlicensed location under this section are as follows:
(a) The child care center, group child care home, or family child care home cannot operate in a new location until after the department has conducted an inspection and approved the new location.
(b) For a child care center, a fire safety inspection, an environmental health inspection, and, if necessary, a lead hazard risk assessment, and, for a group child care home or family child care home, an environmental health inspection, if necessary, are conducted within 45 days of the proposal of the new location. If any of the inspections find the new location to be unsafe, the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home must discontinue operation in that new location.
(2) If the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home will remain at the new location, the licensee must apply for and obtain a new license within 1 year of moving to the new location.
(3) The department shall determine what constitutes a disaster under this section.
History: Add. 2017, Act 257, 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.
Popular Name: Act 116
Popular Name: Child Care Licensing Act