PURPOSE: This rule defines the procedures for license renewal.

1. (1) An application for license renewal shall be filed at least sixty (60) days prior to expiration of the license. In addition, the following information is required:

   1. (A) Evidence of compliance with a fire and safety inspection as conducted by the State Fire Marshal or his/her designee;
   2. (B) Evidence of compliance with local or state, or both, sanitation requirements;
   3. (C) Evidence of compliance with local building and zoning requirements, if applicable;
   4. (D) If incorporated, a copy of the current Annual Registration Report filed with the Missouri secretary of state;
   5. (E) Medical examination reports on file at the facility as required by 19 CSR 40-62.122 Medical Examination Reports;
   6. (F) A health report on file at the facility for each school-age child in care as required by

19 CSR 40-62.122 Medical Examination Reports;

1. (G) Enrollment information on file at the facility for each child in care as required by

19 CSR 40-62.132 Admission Policies and Procedures;

1. (H) Identifying information on file at the facility regarding children who are related to the center owner(s) or group day care home provider as required by 19 CSR 40-62.132 Admission Policies and Procedures;
2. (I) A current list of available equipment;
3. (J) Current staff sheet; and
4. (K) Materials and information which have changed since the previous licensing period.

1. (2) The facility owner(s), board president or chairperson, and the center director or group day care home provider shall be screened for child abuse/neglect prior to renewal of the license.

2. (3) After the child care provider applies for renewal of the license, the provider shall request the results of a criminal record review from the Missouri State Highway Patrol for the child care provider, the owner(s), board president or chairperson, the center director or group day care home provider, all persons employed by the child care provider, and all volunteers counted in staff/child ratios. The child care provider shall request a criminal record review within ten (10) days following a change of the facility owner(s), board president or chairperson, the center director or group day care home provider, employees of the provider, or volunteers counted in staff/child ratios. The department may request a criminal record review from the Missouri State Highway Patrol for any adult present in the facility when child care children are present. The criminal record reviews shall include records of criminal convictions, pending criminal charges, and suspended imposition of sentence during the term of probation. Requests for criminal record reviews shall be made on a form provided by the highway patrol.

   1. (A) When the department determines that a nationwide check is warranted, the department may request a criminal record review from the Missouri State Highway Patrol for classification and search of fingerprints for any person seeking employment with the provider or for any person seeking issuance or renewal of a license as provided in sections 43.530 and 43.543, RSMo. Requests for criminal record reviews shall be made on a form provided by the highway patrol that shall be signed by the subject of the request. The provider shall submit the signed form to the department with two (2) sets of fingerprints for each person who is the subject of a criminal record review.
   2. (B) Information received by the provider shall be retained in the individual’s file in a confidential manner.
3. (4) Upon determination of the applicant’s continued compliance with state statutes and licensing rules for group day care homes and day care centers, an official license shall be granted for up to two (2) years.

AUTHORITY: section 210.221.1(3), RSMo Supp. 1998.* This rule previously filed as 13 CSR 40-62.031, 13 CSR 40-62.052 and 19 CSR 40-62.052. Original rule filed March 29, 1991, effective Oct. 31, 1991. Changed to 19 CSR 40-62.052, effective Dec. 9, 1993. Changed to 19 CSR 30-62.052 July 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Feb. 18, 1999, effective Sept. 30, 1999. *Original authority: 210.221.1(3), RSMo 1949, amended 1955, 1987, 1993, 1995.