S.B. 26

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UTAH CHILD CARE LICENSING ACT
2 REVISIONS
3 1998 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Leonard M. Blackham
6 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH; AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF CHILD CARE TO
7 MEAN THE CARE OF NINE OR MORE CHILDREN.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 26-39-102, as enacted by Chapter 127, Laws of Utah 1997
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 26-39-102 is amended to read:
13 26-39-102. Definitions.
14 As used in this chapter:
15 (1) "Child care" means continuous care and supervision of [four] nine or more children
16 under 14 years of age, in lieu of care ordinarily provided by parents in their own home[,]:
17 (a) for less than 24 hours a day, for direct or indirect compensation[.]; and
18 (b) when the number of children under age six, including the child care provider's children,
19 is seven or more.
20 (2) "Child care program" means a child care facility or program operated by a person
21 pursuant to a license issued in accordance with this chapter.

Legislative Review Note
as of 1-6-98 2:22 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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