The Superintendent shall prioritize inspections of child day programs and home-based child care systems in the following order: (i) inspections conducted in response to a complaint involving a licensed, registered, license-exempt, or unlicensed child day program or home-based child care system; (ii) inspections of licensed or registered child day programs and home-based child care systems that are not conducted in response to a complaint; (iii) inspections of license-exempt or unlicensed child day programs and home-based child care systems that have entered into a contract with the Department or its agents or designees or a local department of social services to provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, other than inspections conducted in response to a complaint; and (iv) inspections of license-exempt and unlicensed child day programs and home-based child care systems that are not conducted in response to a complaint.

2020, cc. 860, 861; 2026, c. 917.