2006 Kansas Code - 65-519

      65-519.   Certificate of registration; conditions; application for; immunizations; renewal; fees. (a) The secretary shall issue a certificate of registration to any person who: (1) Applies for registration on forms furnished by the secretary; (2) attests to the safety of the family day care home for the care of children; (3) submits a fee of not to exceed $15 as established by rules and regulations of the secretary of health and environment payable to the secretary of health and environment; and (4) certifies that no person described in subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of K.S.A. 65-516, and amendments thereto, resides, works or volunteers in the family day care home. The fee in effect under this subsection (a) immediately prior to the effective date of this act shall continue in effect on and after the effective date of this act until a different fee is established by the secretary of health and environment by rules and regulations under this subsection.

      (b)   The secretary shall furnish each applicant for registration a family day care home safety evaluation form to be completed by the applicant and submitted with the registration application.

      (c) (1)   Each child cared for in a family day care home, including children of the person maintaining the home, shall be required to have current such immunizations as the secretary of health and environment considers necessary. The person maintaining a family day care home shall maintain a record of each child's immunizations, and shall provide to the secretary of health and environment such information relating thereto, in accordance with rules and regulations of the secretary, but the person maintaining a family day care home shall not have such person's certificate of registration revoked solely for the failure to have or to maintain the immunization records required by this subsection.

      (2)   The immunization requirement of subsection (c)(1) shall not apply if one of the following is obtained:

      (A)   Certification from a licensed physician stating that the physical condition of the child is such that immunization would endanger the child's life or health; or

      (B)   a written statement signed by a parent or guardian that the parent or guardian is an adherent of a religious denomination whose teachings are opposed to immunizations.

      (d)   The secretary of health and environment shall provide to each person maintaining a registered family day care home a list of the requirements for registration of family day care homes. The person maintaining a family day care home shall provide a copy of such list to the parent or guardian of each child cared for in such home and shall maintain on the premises a copy of the list which has been signed and dated by the parent or guardian.

      (e)   The certificate of registration shall be renewed annually in the same manner provided for in this section.

      (f)   The secretary of health and environment shall remit all moneys received by the secretary from fees under the provisions of this act to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund.

      History:   L. 1980, ch. 184, § 5; L. 1982, ch. 259, § 3; L. 1983, ch. 140, § 47; L. 1984, ch. 225, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 230, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 55, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 279, § 18; L. 1995, ch. 183, § 10; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 218; July 1.