The Florida Senate

402.3115  Elimination of duplicative and unnecessary inspections; abbreviated inspections.--The ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and local governmental agencies that license child care facilities shall develop and implement a plan to eliminate duplicative and unnecessary inspections of child care facilities. In addition, the department and the local governmental agencies shall develop and implement an abbreviated inspection plan for child care facilities that have had no Class 1 or Class 2 deficiencies, as defined by rule, for at least 2 consecutive years. The abbreviated inspection must include those elements identified by the department and the local governmental agencies as being key indicators of whether the child care facility continues to provide quality care and programming. The department and local governmental agencies shall conduct the first meeting not later than August 15, 1996, and shall jointly share administrative responsibilities. The department and local governmental agencies shall report to the Legislature not later than January 15, 1997, regarding the status of implementing this section and any recommendations for statutory changes necessary to further reduce duplicative and unnecessary inspections and fully implement the plan for abbreviated inspections.

History.--s. 79, ch. 96-175.

¹Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.