237A.3 Child care homes.
1. A person or program providing child care in a child care home is not required to register under section 237A.3A as a child development home. However, the person or program may register as a child development home.
2. If a person or program has been prohibited by the department from involvement with child care, the person or program shall not provide child care as a child care home provider and is subject to penalty under section 237A.19 or injunction under section 237A.20 for doing so.
3. The location at which the child care is provided shall be a single-family residence that is owned, rented, or leased by the person or program providing the child care. For purposes of this subsection, a “single-family residence” includes an apartment, condominium, townhouse, or other individual unit within a multiple unit residential dwelling, but does not include a commercial or industrial building that is primarily used for purposes other than a residence.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §237A.3; 82 Acts, ch 1016, §3, ch 1213, §4]
90 Acts, ch 1005, §5; 91 Acts, ch 151, §2; 91 Acts, ch 232, §13; 91 Acts, ch 267, §142; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §55; 93 Acts, ch 76, §10, 11; 94 Acts, ch 1129, §2, 3; 97 Acts, ch 151, §2; 99 Acts, ch 192, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 135, §3; 2002 Acts, ch 1142, §11, 31; 2003 Acts, ch 81, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1187, §119; 2021 Acts, ch 40, §2
Referred to in §237A.1, 237A.19
Subsection 1 amended
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES
Section 237A.2 - Licensing of child care centers.
Section 237A.3 - Child care homes.
Section 237A.3A - Child development homes.
Section 237A.3B - Smoking prohibited.
Section 237A.4 - Inspection and evaluation.
Section 237A.4A - Child care regulatory fee — child care facility fund.
Section 237A.6 - Consultative services.
Section 237A.7 - Confidential information.
Section 237A.8 - Violations — actions against license or registration.
Section 237A.13 - State child care assistance.
Section 237A.14 - Child care assistance — graduated eligibility phase-out.
Section 237A.21 - State child care advisory council.
Section 237A.22 - Duties of state child care advisory council and department.
Section 237A.23 - Child care training and development system.
Section 237A.25 - Consumer information.
Section 237A.26 - Statewide resource and referral services.
Section 237A.27 - Crisis child care.
Section 237A.28 - Child care credit fund.
Section 237A.29 - Public funding of child care — sanctions.
Section 237A.30 - Voluntary child care quality rating system.