210.278. Exempt from licensure, when. - Missouri Statutes

Exempt from licensure, when.

210.278. Neighborhood youth development programs shall be exempt fromthe child care licensing provisions under this chapter so long as theprogram meets the following requirements:

(1) The program is affiliated and in good standing with a nationalcongressionally chartered organization's standards under Title 36, PublicLaw 105-225;

(2) The program provides activities designed for recreational,educational, and character building purposes for children six to seventeenyears of age;

(3) The governing body of the program adopts standards for care thatat a minimum include staff ratios, staff training, health and safetystandards, and mechanisms for assessing and enforcing the program'scompliance with the standards;

(4) The program does not collect compensation for its services exceptfor one-time annual membership dues not to exceed fifty dollars per year orprogram service fees for special activities such as field trips or sportsleagues, except for current exemptions as written in section 210.211;

(5) The program informs each parent that the operation* of theprogram is not regulated by licensing requirements;

(6) The program provides a process to receive and resolve parentalcomplaints; and

(7) The program conducts national criminal background checks for allemployees and volunteers who work with children, as well as screening underthe family care safety registry as provided in sections 210.900 to 210.936.

(L. 2008 H.B. 1946)

*Word "operations" appears in original rolls.