§407.64. Rules and regulations; inspection requirements

            A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to carry out the provisions of this Part for those registered family child care providers and in-home providers who participate in the United States Child and Adult Care Food Program or the Child Care and Development Fund.

            B.(1) Each registered family child care provider and in-home provider shall be inspected and approved by the office in accordance with this Subsection and the rules and regulations as established pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, developed in consultation with the office of state fire marshal.

            (2) Office personnel shall conduct all initial inspections of new and relocated family child care providers. The office shall conduct inspections on all other family child care providers triennially.

            (3) Inspections shall be conducted and documented annually, in accordance with the rules and regulations established pursuant to this Section, by the office's authorized agent including but not limited to a representative from a sponsoring organization.

            (4) The office shall audit inspections conducted by authorized agents in accordance with the rules and regulations established pursuant to this Section.

            Acts 2014, No. 868, §3, eff. Feb. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1; Acts 2015, No. 354, §2, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2022, No. 585, §1.