§ 20-78-211. License — Provisional
(a) If the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education finds that an applicant for a childcare facility meets the licensing requirements for a childcare facility in the main and has a reasonable expectation of correcting deficiencies in a reasonable time, then the division may, in its discretion, issue a provisional license for a […]
§ 20-78-227. General liability insurance coverage required
(a) The purpose of this section is to enhance safe and responsible passenger transportation of children in child care by requiring appropriate liability insurance and driver training. (b) (1) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the State Insurance Department, shall develop and promulgate […]
§ 20-78-212. License — Nontransferability
(a) A license for a childcare facility shall apply only to the address and location stated on the application and license issued, and it shall not be transferable from one holder of the license to another or from one (1) place to another. (b) If the location of a childcare facility is changed or the […]
§ 20-78-228. Childcare facility floor plan on file with emergency management coordinator — Definition
(a) (1) As used in this section, “floor plan” means a document containing: (A) A schematic drawing of facilities and property used by the childcare facility, including the configuration of rooms, spaces, and other physical features of buildings; (B) The location or locations where children enrolled in child care spend time regularly; (C) The escape […]
§ 20-78-213. License — Denial, revocation, or suspension
(a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall have the power to deny, revoke, or suspend a license for a childcare facility if an applicant or licensee has failed to comply with the provisions of this subchapter or any published rule of the division, subject to appeal before the Child Care Appeal […]
§ 20-78-214. Inspections and investigations of childcare facilities and personnel — Child abuse
(a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education or any other agency of the State of Arkansas which the division asks to assist it is authorized to make an inspection and investigation of any proposed or operating childcare facility and of any personnel connected with that childcare facility to the extent that an […]
§ 20-78-215. Child sexual abuse — Federal funds — Legislative intent
(a) (1) By the enactment of this section, it is the specific intent of the General Assembly to ensure that the State of Arkansas may qualify for the maximum amount of federal funds made available through Pub. L. No. 98-473 or any subsequent and related federal legislation enacted for use in reducing the incidence of […]
§ 20-78-216. Records and reports
The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education may by published rules require that a licensed childcare facility keep and make available to the division records and periodic reports as shall be necessary to assist the division in determining whether the requirements of this subchapter and of the division’s rules regarding childcare facilities are […]
§ 20-78-217. Smoking prohibited — Legislative intent
(a) Whereas, health authorities have established that smoking is not conducive to good health and that children exposed to smoking face a potential health hazard, therefore, it is the intent of the Seventy-Fifth General Assembly to ban smoking in the physical confines of the day care centers licensed by the Division of Child Care and […]
§ 20-78-218. Administration of subchapter
The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall continue to be the administrative agency to administer the provisions of this subchapter in accordance with the rules and standards for the licensing and operation of childcare facilities as promulgated by the division.