Section 722.119 - Child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency; presence of staff member prohibited; conditions; unsupervised contact by volunteer prohibited; conditions; docum - Michigan Statutes

CHILD CARE ORGANIZATIONS (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1973

722.119 Child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency; presence of staff member prohibited; conditions; unsupervised contact by volunteer prohibited; conditions; documentation that staff member or volunteer not named in central registry; policy regarding supervision of volunteers.

Sec. 9.

(1) A staff member shall not be present in a child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency if he or she has been convicted of either of the following:

(a) Child abuse or child neglect.

(b) A felony involving harm or threatened harm to an individual within the 10 years immediately preceding the date of hire.

(2) A volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children who are in the care of a child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency if he or she has been convicted of either of the following:

(a) Child abuse or child neglect.

(b) A felony involving harm or threatened harm to an individual within the 10 years immediately preceding the date of offering to volunteer at the child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency.

(3) Before a staff member or unsupervised volunteer may have contact with a child who is in the care of a child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency, the staff member or volunteer shall provide the child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency with documentation from the family independence agency that he or she has not been named in a central registry case as the perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect. For individuals who are employed by or volunteer at a child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency, the child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency shall comply with this subsection not later than the date on which that child care center's, child caring institution's, or child placing agency's license is issued or first renewed after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section. As used in this subsection, “child abuse” and “child neglect” mean those terms as defined in section 2 of the child protection law, 1975 PA 238, MCL 722.622.

(4) Each child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency shall establish and maintain a policy regarding supervision of volunteers including volunteers who are parents of a child receiving care at the child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency.

History: Add. 2002, Act 674, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 722.119, which pertained to registration of family day care homes, was repealed by Act 232 of 1980, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1980.For transfer of powers and duties of state fire marshal to department of labor and economic growth, bureau of construction codes and fire safety, by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.
Popular Name: Act 116
Popular Name: Child Care Licensing Act