Date of Adoption: December 22, 2000.

Purpose: The purpose is to migrate WAC 440-44-025 and 440-44-026 into chapter 388-155 WAC, Family child care homes and chapter 388-150 WAC, Child care centers. These are WAC [sections] governing the amount of fees paid to be licensed each year. The amounts have not changed. It is $24.00 per year for homes, and $48.00 per year, plus $4.00 for each additional child, for centers.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 440-44-025 and 440-44-026.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.20B.110.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-17-127 on August 18, 2000.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 2. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

December 22, 2000

Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

     (a) A completed department-supplied application for child care agency form, including required attachments, ninety or more days before the:

     (i) Expiration of a current license;

     (ii) Opening date of a new center;

     (iii) Relocation of a center;

     (iv) Change of the licensee; or

     (v) Change of license category.

     (b) A completed criminal history and background inquiry form for each staff person or volunteer having unsupervised or regular access to the child in care; and

     (c) The annual licensing fee. The fee is forty-eight dollars for the first twelve children plus four dollars for each additional child.

     (2) In addition to the required application materials specified under subsection (1) of this section, the applicant for initial licensure shall submit to the department:

     (a) An employment and education resume of the person responsible for the active management of the center and the program supervisor;

     (b) Diploma or education transcript copies of the program supervisor; and

     (c) Three professional references each for the licensee, director, and program supervisor.

     (3) The applicant for a license under this chapter shall be twenty-one years of age or older.

     (4) The applicant, licensee, and director shall attend department-provided orientation training.

     (5) The department may, at any time, require additional information from the applicant, licensee, staff person, volunteer, member of their households, and other person having access to the child in care as the department deems necessary, including, but not limited to:

     (a) Sexual deviancy evaluations;

     (b) Substance and alcohol abuse evaluations;

     (c) Psychiatric evaluations;

     (d) Psychological evaluations; and

     (e) Medical evaluations.

     (6) The department may perform investigations of the applicant, licensee, staff person, volunteer, member of their households, and other person having access to the child in care as the department deems necessary, including accessing criminal histories and law enforcement files.

     (7) The applicant shall conform to rules and regulations approved or adopted by the:

     (a) Department of health, promoting the health of the child in care, contained in this chapter; and

     (b) State fire marshal's office, establishing standards for fire prevention and protection of life and property from fire, under chapter 212-12 WAC, "fire marshal standards."

     (8) The department shall not issue a license to the applicant until the department of health and the state fire marshal's office have certified or inspected and approved the center.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.15.020 and 74.15.030.      93-18-001 (Order 3623), § 388-150-070, filed 8/18/93, effective 9/18/93.      Statutory Authority: RCW 74.15.030.      90-23-078 (Order 3103), § 388-150-070, filed 11/20/90, effective 12/21/90.]

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 440-44-025

Day care centers and mini-day care centers license fees.

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NEW SECTION
WAC 388-155-083   Fees.   The licensee must pay a fee of twenty-four dollars per year. The fee is payable to DSHS and may be paid either annually or once every three years.

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     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 440-44-026

Family day care home licensing fee.

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