Section 722.120 - Investigation and examination of conditions, books, records, and reports; visits regarding health or fire protection; records; report; forms; confidentiality; disclosure of informati - Michigan Statutes

CHILD CARE ORGANIZATIONS (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1973

722.120 Investigation and examination of conditions, books, records, and reports; visits regarding health or fire protection; records; report; forms; confidentiality; disclosure of information; availability of confidential records.

Sec. 10.

(1) The department may investigate and examine conditions of a child care organization in which a licensee receives, maintains, or places out children, and may investigate and examine the books and records of the licensee. The licensee shall admit members of the department and furnish all reasonable facilities for thorough examination of its books, records, and reports. The department of community health, the bureau of fire services, or local authorities, in carrying out the provisions of this act, may visit a child care organization to advise in matters affecting the health or fire protection of children.

(2) A licensee shall keep the records the department prescribes regarding each child in its control and care and shall report to the department, when requested, the facts the department requires with reference to the children upon forms furnished by the department. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, records regarding children and facts compiled about children and their parents and relatives are confidential and disclosure of this information shall be properly safeguarded by the child care organization, the department, and any other entity in possession of the information. Records that are confidential under this section are available to both of the following:

(a) A standing or select committee or appropriations subcommittee of either house of the legislature having jurisdiction over protective services matters for children, pursuant to section 7 of the child protection law, 1975 PA 238, MCL 722.627.

(b) The children's ombudsman established in section 3 of the children's ombudsman act, 1994 PA 204, MCL 722.923.

History: 1973, Act 116, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 498, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 205, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 206, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Compiler's Notes: 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
Admin Rule: R 400.1 et seq.; R 400.9101 et seq.; R 400.11101 et seq.; and R 400.12101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.