This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the “Child Care Licensing Act”. Source: L. 67: p. 1039, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-8-1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 806, § 2, effective May 23; entire section amended, p. 251, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: Amendments to this section […]
The general assembly finds and declares that increasing numbers of children in Colorado are spending a significant portion of their day in care settings outside their own homes. In addition, some children are placed in facilities for residential care for their protection and well-being. The general assembly finds that regulation and licensing of child care […]
As used in this article 6, unless the context otherwise requires: “Affiliate of a licensee” means: Any person or entity that owns more than five percent of the ownership interest in the business operated by the licensee or the applicant for a license; or Any person who is directly responsible for the care and welfare […]
This part 1 does not apply to: Special schools or classes operated primarily for religious instruction or for a single skill-building purpose; A child care facility which is approved, certified, or licensed by any other state agency, or by a federal government department or agency, which has standards for operation of the facility and inspects […]
Substitute placement agencies are subject to the requirements of this part 1. The state department shall license substitute placement agencies to place or facilitate or arrange for the placement of short-term and long-term substitute child care providers in licensed facilities providing less than twenty-four-hour care. The state board shall promulgate rules for substitute placement agencies […]
Guest child care facilities and public services short-term child care facilities shall be subject only to the requirements of this section and shall otherwise be excluded from the requirements of this part 1. Each guest child care facility and each public services short-term child care facility shall post a notice in bold print and in […]
Notwithstanding any provision of this part 1 to the contrary, a neighborhood youth organization that is not otherwise licensed to operate under this part 1 may obtain a neighborhood youth organization license pursuant to this section. A neighborhood youth organization that obtains a license pursuant to this section shall be subject only to the requirements […]
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) or elsewhere in this part 1, a person shall not operate an agency or facility defined in this part 1 without first being licensed by the state department to operate or maintain such agency or facility and paying the prescribed fee. Except as otherwise […]
The department shall require any child care facility seeking licensure pursuant to section 26-6-104 to comply with any applicable zoning and land use development regulations of the municipality, city and county, or county where the facility is situated. Failure to comply with applicable zoning and land use regulations constitutes grounds for the denial of a […]
The state department is hereby authorized to establish, pursuant to rules promulgated by the state board, permanent, time-limited, and provisional license fees and fees for continuation or renewal, whichever is applicable, of a license for the following types of child care arrangements: Family child care homes, including any special type of family child care home […]
All applications for the licensure of a child care facility or the certification of a foster care home pursuant to this part 1 shall include the notice to the applicant that is set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1). (1) (a) (I) All applications for the licensure of a child care facility or […]
A child care center that is subject to the licensing requirements of this part 1 is also subject to the provisions of this section. The department shall make available to licensed child care centers and include with every application form for licensure information concerning the manner in which a child care center may apply for […]
The department shall prescribe and publish standards for licensing. The standards must be applicable to the various types of facilities and agencies for child care regulated and licensed by this part 1; except that the department shall prescribe and publish separate standards for the licensing of child placement agencies operating for the purpose of adoptive […]
The executive director has the power to direct the administration or monitoring of medications to persons in facilities pursuant to section 25-1.5-301 (2)(e), C.R.S. Source: L. 92: Entire section added, p. 1157, § 11, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 713, § 51, effective July 1.
During an emergency circumstance, a child care center may permit an employee who has successfully completed criminal background check requirements but is not a qualified caregiver to supervise children for not more than two hours while the child care center secures a qualified caregiver. Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a large child care center, […]
This section applies to foster care homes, including kinship foster care homes, certified by county departments or licensed child placement agencies. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, this section does not apply to foster care homes that are licensed by the state department pursuant to the requirements of section 26-6-104 and […]
No later than January 1, 2016, the state board shall promulgate rules that apply to foster care generally, regardless of whether the foster care is provided by a foster care home certified by a county department or by a child placement agency, and to kinship care, including kinship foster care. The state board shall develop […]
The state department shall investigate and pass on each original application for a license, each application for a permanent or time-limited license following the issuance of a probationary or provisional license, and each application for renewal, to operate a facility or an agency prior to granting such license or renewal. As part of such investigation, […]
When the state department receives a serious complaint about a child care facility licensed pursuant to this part 1 alleging the immediate risk of health or safety of the children cared for in such facility, the state department shall respond to and conduct an on-site investigation concerning such complaint within forty-eight hours of its receipt. […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a county department may act immediately to revoke the certification of a county-certified foster care home when the county department has reason to believe that a child residing in such foster care home is subject to an immediate and direct threat to his or her safety […]
