1. Inspection required. As an ongoing condition of licensure or certification, the Commissioner of Public Safety must provide at least biennially to the department a written statement that the child care facility or certified home day family child care provider complies with applicable fire safety rules adopted pursuant to Title 25, section 2452. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall adopt rules in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to implement this subsection. The rules must provide for at least the following.

A. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall issue a fire safety technician certificate to any person who successfully completes a training course established by the Department of Public Safety. A person who receives a fire safety technician certificate pursuant to this paragraph may perform fire safety inspections under this section.

B. In addition to ongoing license or certification requirements, inspection and certification are required under this section whenever a child care facility or certified home day family child care provider changes or augments a heating system or makes major structural alterations to the facility or home.

Sec. 12. 22 MRSA §8306, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 358, §2, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill replaces references to "day care center" with "child care facility" and replaces "home day care" with "family child care" wherever it appears in the Department of Health and Human Services' licensing and certification statutes relating to these operations. This bill also updates the definitions of "family child care provider" and "child care facility." The bill repeals the requirement that the department distribute a brochure that explains the difference between home day care and home baby- sitting services.