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2004 SESSION

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SB 66 Child day programs; exempts certain martial arts programs from licensure.

Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Exemption from licensure as day care centers for certain martial arts programs. Provides an exemption from licensure as day care centers for programs of instruction that focus solely on the martial arts and operate as drop-in programs where, by written policy given to and signed by a parent or guardian, children are free to enter and leave the premises without permission or supervision and parents are clearly notified that the facilities are not licensed as child day centers, regardless of (i) such programs' locations or the number of days per week of operation; (ii) the provision of transportation services, including drop-off and pick-up times; (iii) the initiation of measures designed to protect the health and safety of the enrolled children, such as requiring the child to obtain the permission of the instructor to leave a class, requiring verbal or written permission from the parent for the child to leave a facility during a class, or operating a "hot line" to enable the parent to notify the facility when a child will not be in attendance, or maintaining a mechanism by which the bus driver can check on the whereabouts of any child who does not board the bus as scheduled; (iv) the scheduling of breaks for snacks, homework or other activities approved by the parent; or (v) the advertising of the martial arts program as an alternative to child day centers for children of school age who are at least six years old.


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