PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the requirement that child care facilities must be under the exclusive control of a religious organization in order to qualify for exemption under sections 210.211(5) or 210.516.1(5), RSMo.

When a nonreligious organization, having as its principal purpose the provision of child care services, enters into an arrangement with a religious organization to provide continuing assistance in the maintenance or operation of a child care facility, the facility is not under the exclusive control of the religious organization and does not qualify for exemption from licensure under sections 210.211(5) or 210.516.1(5), RSMo.

AUTHORITY: sections 210.481 and 210.516, RSMo (1986) and 210.486 and 210.506, RSMo (Cum. Supp. 1993).* This rule originally filed as 13 CSR 40-71.025. Original rule filed Oct. 7, 1987, effective March 25, 1988. Emergency rescission and emergency rule filed Nov. 1, 1993, effective Nov. 12, 1993, expired March 11, 1994. Emergency rescission and emergency rule filed March 2, 1994, effective March 12, 1994, expired July 9, 1994. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Nov. 1, 1993, effective June 6, 1994. Moved to 13 CSR 35-71.025, effective Oct. 30, 2008. *Original authority: 210.481, RSMo (1982), amended 1985; 210.486 and 210.506, RSMo (1982), amended 1993; and 210.516, RSMo (1982).