Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1597.09
Administration
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2019
As of January 1, 2011
(a) Each licensed child day care center shall be subject to unannounced visits by the department. The department shall visit these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality of care provided.
(a) Each licensed child day care center shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department. The department shall inspect these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality of care provided.
(b) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced visit to a licensed child day care center under any of the following circumstances: (1) When a license is on probation. (2) When the terms of agreement in a facility compliance plan require an annual evaluation. (3) When an accusation against a licensee is pending. (4) In order to verify that a person who has been ordered out of a child day care center by the department is no longer at the facility.
(b) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced inspection of a licensed child day care center under any of the following circumstances: (1) When a license is on probation. (2) When the terms of agreement in a facility compliance plan require an annual inspection. (3) When an accusation against a licensee is pending. (4) In order to verify that a person who has been ordered out of a child day care center by the department is no longer at the facility.
(c) (1) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced visit to no less than 20 percent of facilities not subject to an evaluation under subdivision (b). These unannounced visits shall be conducted based on a random sampling methodology developed by the department.
(c) (1) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced inspection of no less than 30 percent of facilities not subject to an evaluation under subdivision (b).
(2) If the total citations issued by the department exceed the previous year’s total by 10 percent, the following year the department shall increase the random sample by 10 percent of facilities not subject to an evaluation under subdivision (b). The department may request additional resources to increase the random sample by 10 percent.
(2) These unannounced inspections shall be conducted based on a random sampling methodology developed by the department.
(d) Under no circumstance shall the department visit a licensed child day care center less often than once every five years.
(d) The department shall inspect a licensed child day care center at least once every three years.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature to achieve annual inspections for licensed child day care centers governed by this section on or before July 1, 2021.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.