Montana Child Care Act
Montana · Family Services · §§ 52-2-701 to 52-2-741 · 30 sections
Overview
The act governs the licensing and regulation of child welfare agencies and child care facilities — including child care institutions, group homes, day care homes and centers, and shelters for homeless youth — defining each category largely by how many children are served and for how long. It gives a state child welfare department authority to issue, deny, and revoke licenses and permits, to investigate suspected unlicensed operation, to order closures, and to hold administrative hearings whose decisions are subject to judicial review, with courts available to compel witnesses and records. It also imposes operating standards on licensees, addressing advertising, confidentiality of records, referrals to law enforcement, placement practices including a child's religious faith and the reporting of children received from outside the state, and limits on financial arrangements such as payments to birth parents and loans or other credit extended in connection with placements.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-701Short title
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-702Purpose -- findings
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-703Definitions
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-704Duties of department
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-705Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-706through 52-2-709 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-710At-home infant care program -- definition
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-711Resource and referral and day-care improvement grant program
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-712Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-713Payments for eligible children
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-714Best beginnings child care scholarship program
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-715Family income eligibility requirements
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-716Copayment requirements
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-717through 52-2-720 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-721License required -- registration required -- term of license or registration certificate -- no fee charged
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-722Application for a license or registration certificate
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-723Requirements for licensure
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-724Provisional license -- provisional registration certificate
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-725Renewal license -- registration certificate
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-726Denial, cancellation, reduction, revocation, and nonrenewal of licenses and registration certificates -- fair hearing
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-727through 52-2-730 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-731Standards for day care
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-732Licensees or registrants to maintain records, furnish reports, and permit inspections
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-733Periodic visits to facilities by department -- investigations -- consultation with licensees and registrants
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-734Fire safety -- certification required
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-735Health protection -- certification required
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-736Prohibition against administering medicine without authorization -- provision for emergency -- definitions -- penalty
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-737Group day-care home -- staffing requirement
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-738through 52-2-740 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 52-2-741Penalty -- remedies
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