Michigan · statute · 116 of 1973, Mich. Comp. Laws · 75 active provisions
(1) As used in this act: (a) "Child care staff member" means an individual who is 16 years of age or older to whom 1 or more of the following apply: (i) The individual is employed by a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home for compensation, including a contract employee or a self-employed…
(1) A private residence licensed as a foster family home or foster family group home may be concurrently licensed as an adult foster care family home. Additional children not related to a resident of the foster family home or foster family group home shall not be received in the foster family home or foster family grou…
(1) The departments of health and human services and licensing and regulatory affairs are responsible for developing rules for the care and protection of children in organizations covered by this act and for promulgating these rules according to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.3…
(1) A child caring institution, foster family home, foster family group home, child care center, group child care home, and family child care home shall have individuals present, as prescribed in the appropriate administrative rules, who have current certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation obtained…
As used in this section and sections 2c, 2d, and 2e, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Adaptive device" means a mechanical device incorporated in the individual plan of services that is intended to provide anatomical support or to assist the minor child with adaptive skills. (b) "Chemical restraint" means a d…
If a child caring institution contracts with and receives payment from a community mental health services program or prepaid inpatient health plan for the care, treatment, maintenance, and supervision of a minor child in a child caring institution, the child caring institution must comply with the rules for child carin…
(1) Personal restraint or seclusion shall not be imposed as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by a child caring institution's staff. (2) An order for personal restraint or seclusion shall not be written as a standing order or on an as-needed basis. (3) Personal restraint or seclusion must not…
(1) A minor child shall be released from personal restraint or seclusion whenever the circumstance that justified the use of personal restraint or seclusion no longer exists. (2) Each instance of personal restraint or seclusion requires full justification for its use, and the results of the evaluation immediately follo…
(1) The rules promulgated by the department under this act shall be used by the department, the bureau of fire services, and local authorities in the inspection of and reporting on child care organizations covered by this act. The inspection of the health and fire safety of child care organizations shall be completed b…
(1) A parent or legal guardian of a child at a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home may visit the child at the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home at any time. (2) A parent or legal guardian who wishes to enroll a child at a child care center, group child c…
(1) An individual shall not smoke in a child caring institution or child care center or on real property that is under the control of a child caring institution or child care center and upon which the child caring institution or child care center is located, including other related buildings. The operator of a child ca…
An individual shall not smoke on the premises of a group child care home or family child care home during the hours of operation of the group child care home or family child care home. The operator of a group child care home or family child care home may permit smoking on the premises during a period other than the hou…
The operator of a child care center or child caring institution shall conspicuously post on the premises a notice stating that the child care center or child caring institution requires a criminal history background check on its employees or volunteers. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section un…
(1) Except as provided in subsection (5), within 24 hours after a child care organization receives notice that a high-risk special investigation is being conducted by the department, the child care organization shall make a good-faith effort to make oral notification to each parent or legal guardian of 1 or more of the…
(1) The operator of a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home shall maintain licensing records on its premises in the form of a licensing notebook. If internet access is available at the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home, access may be provided through the d…
An inspection in accordance with the approved state child care plan of a child care organization licensed under this act must be unannounced, unless the department, in its discretion, considers it necessary to schedule an appointment for an inspection.
(1) Within 15 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, each child care center shall develop a drinking water management plan and make the plan available to the department of licensing and regulatory affairs, child care center staff, and parents and guardians of children enrolled in…
Within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, each child care center shall do all of the following in a manner consistent with the drinking water management plan created under section 3i: (a) Post a conspicuous sign near each water outlet and drinking fountain indicating whether…
If a child care center is located in a school building that complies with the clean drinking water access act, the child care center is considered to comply with sections 3i and 3j.
(1) The department of licensing and regulatory affairs, in coordination with the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy, shall assist each child care center in maintaining compliance with sections 3i and 3j by providing all of the following: (a) A template for the drinking water management plan required und…
(1) A temporary door locking device or system may be installed in a child care center in accordance with section 4i of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504i. (2) As used in this section, "temporary door locking device or system" means that term as defined in section 4i…
The department shall provide consultation to organizations covered by this act to assist them in meeting the requirements of this act and the rules promulgated under this act. The department shall offer assistance, training, and education, within fiscal limitations, upon request, in developing methods for the improveme…
An applicant, licensee, or licensee designee must present a valid driver license or a valid state or federal government-issued identification card in order to obtain or renew a license for a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home under this act.
(1) This section and sections 5c, 5d, and 9 do not apply to a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home. (2) A person, partnership, firm, corporation, association, nongovernmental organization, or governmental organization, except for the department of health and human services or a local coun…
A child placing agency shall provide the child advocate created in section 3 of the office of the child advocate act, 1994 PA 204, MCL 722.923, with those records requested by the child advocate pertaining to a matter under investigation by the child advocate.