Licensing Policy and Procedures Handbook
March 2008 Revision

This revision of the Licensing Policy and Procedures Handbook was released on March 3, 2008.

Annual Enforcement Team Conferences

These items are revised to require child-placing agencies to participate in an annual enforcement team conference, as mandated by SB 758, Section 32 (e)(4).

4320 Monitoring Child-Placing Agencies

4400 Planning for Monitoring Inspections

Meeting With Designated Center Directors

This item is revised to require Licensing staff to meet with designated center directors, as mandated by SB 758, Section 32 (b)(2).

4400 Planning for Monitoring Inspections

Item Replaced in Its Entirety

4322 Random Sample Monitoring of Agency Homes

New Item

4323 Preparing for Random Sample Inspections

Renumbered and Revised Items

4324 Conducting Random Sample Inspections (formerly 4323)

4325 Documenting Random Sample Inspections (formerly 4324)

4326 Using Random Sampling Information to Monitor a Child-Placing Agency (formerly 4325)

4327 Responding to a Child-Placing Agency's Request for Certification of License Status (formerly 4326)

Other Revised Items

4321 Child-Placing Agency Responsibilities

4400 Planning for Monitoring Inspections

4410 Preparing for the Inspection

4420 Conducting the Inspection

4421 Reviewing Records of the Operation

4422 Avoiding Duplication of Day Care Facility Inspections by State Agencies

4423 Inspections Performed by Political Subdivisions

4430 Documenting Results of an Inspection