Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:5B-42 Report submitted to Governor, Legislature. 7. The Commissioner of Human Services and the Economic Development Authority shall each submit a report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), no later than two years aft…

30:5B-5. Rules, regulations 5. a. The department shall have responsibility and authority to license and inspect child care centers. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the operation and maintenance of child care centers which shall prescribe standards gove…

30:5B-5.1. Issuance of certificate of approval 6. a. The department shall issue a certificate of approval to those centers meeting the requirements set forth in this section. b. A center shall be required to comply only with physical facility and life or safety requirements of th…

30:5B-5.2. Radon testing in child care centers, requirements, exceptions 1. a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, within six months of the effective date of this act, the owner of any building in which a child care center licensed pursuant to the provisions of P…

30:5B-5.4 Regulations adopted by Commissioner of Children and Families relative to children's health care coverage. 5. The Commissioner of Children and Families, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt regulations to provi…

30:5B-5.5 Posting of drinking water test reports by child care centers. 5. a. The sponsor of a child care center who is required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996,"42 U.S.C.s.300f et al., or who receives a Consumer…

30:5B-6. License application; contents; issuance; expiration; renewal a. Any person operating a child care center on the effective date of this act or desiring to operate a child care center shall make application in the manner and on the forms prescribed by the commissioner. The…

30:5B-6.1 Definitions relative to child abuse record information checks. 1. As used in P.L.1997, c.254 (C.30:5B-6.1 et seq.): "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. "Division" means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children…

30:5B-6.10 Definitions relative to criminal history record background checks for child care center staff. 1. As used in sections 1 through 7 and 9 through 12 of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et seq.): "Child care center" or "center" means any facility which is maintained for the c…

30:5B-6.11 Criminal history record background check required for licensure. 2. As a condition of securing or maintaining a license or life-safety approval, a child care center owner or sponsor shall ensure that a criminal history record background check is conducted on all staff …

30:5B-6.12 Noncompliance; penalties. 3. a. If the owner or sponsor of the child care center refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a criminal history record background check, the department shall suspend, deny, revoke or refuse to renew the center's license or li…

30:5B-6.13 Request for criminal history record background check, time limits, restrictions upon employees. 4. a. In the case of a child care center established after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et al.), the owner or sponsor of the center, prior to the cente…

30:5B-6.14 Record of conviction for certain offenses, disqualification from employment; challenge. 5. a. A current staff member and an individual seeking employment shall be permanently disqualified from employment at, or ownership or sponsorship of, a child care center if the st…

30:5B-6.15 Termination of current staff member; exceptions. 6. a. If a staff member of a child care center is convicted of a crime specified in section 5 of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.14) after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et al.), the staff member shall be t…

30:5B-6.16 Pending criminal charges notification. 7. If a child care center owner or sponsor has knowledge that a staff member has criminal charges pending against the staff member, the owner or sponsor shall promptly notify the department to determine whether any action concerni…

30:5B-6.17 Immunity from liability for child care center. 9. a. A child care center that has received an employment application from an individual or currently employs a staff member shall be immune from liability for acting upon or disclosing information about the disqualificati…

30:5B-6.18 Inapplicability of C.18A:6-7.1 et seq. 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the provisions of P.L.1986, c.116 (C.18A:6-7.1 et seq.) shall not apply to employees of a child care center licensed or life-safety approved by the Department of…

30:5B-6.19 Report to Governor, Legislature. 11. The commissioner shall report to the Governor and Legislature no later than three years after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et al.) on the effectiveness of the criminal history record background checks in screen…

30:5B-6.2 License conditional upon check of child abuse records. 2. a. As a condition of securing a new or renewal license or approval, the division shall conduct a check of the division's child abuse records to determine if an incident of child abuse or neglect has been substant…

30:5B-6.20 Responsibilities of department. 12. The department shall be responsible for the cost of processing and funding all criminal history record background checks required pursuant to P.L.2000, c.77 (C.30:5B-6.10 et al.). The department shall also be responsible for paying t…

30:5B-6.21 Rules, regulations. 13. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2000,c.77,s.13.

30:5B-6.3 Written consent for check of records. 3. a. The staff member shall provide prior written consent for the division to conduct a check of its child abuse records. b. If the owner or sponsor of the center refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a division c…

30:5B-6.4. Notification to division to conduct check of records; results 4. a. Within two weeks after a new staff member's employment, the owner or sponsor of a center shall notify the division to conduct a check of its child abuse records to determine if an incident of child abu…

30:5B-6.5. Completion of check 5. The division shall complete the child abuse record information check within 45 days after receiving the request for the check. L.1997,c.254,s.5.

30:5B-6.6 Incidents considered. 6. The department shall consider, for the purposes of this act, any incidents of child abuse or neglect that were substantiated on or after June 29, 1995, to ensure that perpetrators have had an opportunity to appeal a substantiated finding of abus…

30:5B-6.7. Rules, regulations pertaining to child abuse record information checks 7. In accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act, in…

30:5B-6.8. Report to Governor, Legislature 8. The Commissioner of Human Services shall report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than three years from the effective date of this act on the effectiveness of the child abuse record information checks in screening staff mem…

30:5B-6.9. Fee charged to staff member; disposition 9. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1985, c.69 (C.53:1-20.6), a staff member subject to this act shall be charged a fee established by the department to help defray the cost to the State of the division's ch…

30:5B-7. Temporary license; renewal; expiration If the department determines that, although in substantial compliance, a child care center does not meet all the applicable provisions of this act and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, but that the extent of the cente…

30:5B-8. Fees The commissioner shall establish a minimum fee to be paid by each child care center at the time of application for a license and at every renewal of a license. L.1983, c. 492, s. 8.

30:5B-9. Denial, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew licenses The department may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license for good cause, including, but not limited to: a. Failure of a child care center or its sponsor to comply with the provisions of this act; b.…