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NH Rev Stat § 170-E:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:7-a - Child Care Licensing Fund Established.

    170-E:7-a Child Care Licensing Fund Established. –||There is hereby established a nonlapsing fund to be known as the child care licensing fund, which shall be administered by the commissioner of the department of health and human services and which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. All fees for state registry and criminal records checks collected by the department pursuant to RSA 170-E:7 and RSA 170-E:29-a shall be deposited in the fund and all moneys in the fund shall be continually appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purpose of paying costs associated with administering the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 2019, 313:3, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:8 - Issuance.

    170-E:8 Issuance. –||I. Licenses shall be issued in such form and manner as prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A and shall be valid for 3 years from the date issued unless revoked or suspended by the department or voluntarily surrendered by the licensee. Licenses shall not be transferable and shall be surrendered in the event of change of ownership.||II. The department may provide dual licensure to operate a child day care agency and a family foster care agency. Such licensure shall be granted only upon application and shall be contingent upon a determination that the standards of both programs have been met without compromising any licensing requirements.||III. The department shall make monitoring visits a minimum of once yearly during each licensing period. At least one such visit during the licensing period shall be unannounced. Clear and comprehensive records shall be maintained by the department on each licensed agency showing the dates and findings of each such visit. Such records shall be made available to the child day care agency. If the child day care agency is found not to be in compliance with the statute or with rules adopted by the commissioner, a corrective action plan shall be submitted to the department. Failure to submit an acceptable plan shall result in license suspension, denial, or revocation.||IV. The department may, in lieu of a license, issue a permit to a newly established facility for child day care for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with this subdivision and the rules adopted under it during actual operation. At the end of the permit period, the department shall renew the permit for good cause, issue a license for the balance of the license period, or deny the license.|||Source. 1990, 257:8. 1999, 326:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:9 - License Renewal.

    170-E:9 License Renewal. –||I. A licensed child day care agency shall file for renewal of its license or permit no later than 3 months prior to the expiration date of the license or permit on forms prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A.||II. The department shall reexamine every child day care agency for renewal of its license or permit, including examination of the premises, program and such records of the agency as the department considers necessary to determine that minimum standards for licensing continue to be met. If the department is satisfied that the agency continues to comply with the minimum standards established by rule for that category of care, it shall renew the license to operate.||III. The commissioner may designate an agency or person to carry out the reexamination specified in paragraph II.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:10 - Record of Licenses and Investigatory and Monitoring Visits.

    170-E:10 Record of Licenses and Investigatory and Monitoring Visits. –||I. The department shall keep in a central depository records of licenses issued under this subdivision and all investigatory and monitoring reports, and final decisions relative to licensure that have been made relative to licensees. When a license is issued to a child day care agency, the department shall give notice to the health officer and fire department of the city or town in which the licensee is located stating the granting of such license and its terms. A like notice shall be given of any suspension or revocation of such license.||II. The license itself, the findings of investigatory and monitoring visits, and final decisions relative to licensure of the child day care agency shall be considered public information, posted on the department's website, and available for review by members of the public; information submitted in the application process, however, shall be private, confidential, and not available for review.||III. At least 5 business days before posting the results or findings of an investigatory visit, monitoring visit, or a final decision relative to licensure on the department's website, the department shall provide the child day care agency with the results or findings by email or, if the child day care agency has not provided an email address, by United States mail. If the child day care agency submits a reasonable response to the department's findings, the child day care agency's response shall be posted with the department's findings on the website.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. 2014, 128:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:10-a - Informal Dispute Resolution.

    170-E:10-a Informal Dispute Resolution. –||I. The department shall offer an opportunity for informal dispute resolution to any child day care agency that disagrees with the results or findings of a monitoring visit. The child day care agency shall submit a written request for informal dispute resolution no later than 14 days from the date the findings were issued by the department. Within 30 days of receipt of a request for informal dispute resolution and receipt of information from the child day care agency, the department shall review the evidence presented and provide written notice of its decision to the child day care agency.||II. Informal dispute resolution shall not be available to any child day care agency against which the department has initiated action to suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew a license or permit under this chapter.|||Source. 2014, 128:2, eff. Aug. 15, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:12 - License or Permit Suspension, Revocation, or Denial.

    170-E:12 License or Permit Suspension, Revocation, or Denial. –||The department may suspend, revoke, deny or refuse to renew any license or permit if the licensee or permit holder:||I. Neglects or abuses children in his care;||II. Does not comply with this subdivision or the rules adopted under this subdivision relative to the supervision of children in his care;||III. Violates any provision of this subdivision, or is unable to meet and maintain standards adopted by the commissioner;||IV. Substantially or repeatedly violates any provisions of the license or permit issued;||V. Furnishes or makes any misleading or any false statement or report to the department;||VI. Refuses or fails to submit any reports or to make available to the department any records required by it in making an investigation of the facility for licensing purposes;||VII. Refuses or fails to submit to an investigation or to the required visits by the department;||VIII. Refuses or fails to admit authorized representatives of the department at any time child care is being provided for the purpose of investigation or visit;||IX. Fails to provide, maintain, equip and keep in safe and sanitary condition premises established or used for child day care as required under standards prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A or as otherwise required by any law, rule, ordinance, or term of the license applicable to the location of such facility;||X. Retaliates against an employee who in good faith reports a suspected violation of the provisions of this subdivision and rules adopted under it;||XI. Meets the conditions specified in RSA 170-E:7, III;||XII. Fails to comply with the corrective action plan submitted by the child day care agency and approved by the department; ||XIII. Loses health, safety or zoning approval ; or||XIV. Fails to comply with applicable public health laws and regulations concerning lead.|||Source. 1990, 257:8. 1999, 326:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000. 2018, 4:9, eff. Apr. 9, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:13 - Notice and Hearing.

    170-E:13 Notice and Hearing. –||I. Should the department determine to suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew a license or permit, it shall send to the applicant, licensee or permittee, by registered mail, an order setting forth the particular reasons for the determination. The suspension, revocation or denial shall become final 10 days after receipt of such order unless the applicant, licensee or permittee requests a hearing under paragraph II of this section.||II. Any applicant, licensee or permittee aggrieved by a decision of the department to suspend, revoke, deny or refuse to renew a license or permit may appeal to the commissioner. For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, the commissioner may, in accordance with the rules adopted by the department of personnel pursuant to RSA 541-A, appoint a hearings officer or officers, as necessary, to preside over such hearings. A hearings officer may affirm, deny or modify the decision of the department. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to procedures for the appeal process provided under this paragraph.||III. When the department decides to suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew a license or permit, and it expressly finds that the continued operation of a child day care agency violates any minimum standard prescribed by law or rule, or otherwise jeopardizes the health, safety, morals or welfare of children served by the agency, the department shall include in its order issued under paragraph I an order of closure directing that the operation of the agency terminate immediately. In this event, the agency shall not operate during the pendency of any proceeding for the review of the decision of the department, except under court order.||IV. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the hearings officer shall be in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:14 - Appeal.

    170-E:14 Appeal. –||Any person aggrieved by any decision rendered after a rehearing held or an appeal brought under RSA 170-E:13, IV may appeal the decision to the superior court.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:15 - Operation Without a License.

    170-E:15 Operation Without a License. –||Whenever the department is advised, or has reason to believe, that any person is operating a child day care agency without a license or permit, or in violation of any of the provisions of this subdivision, it may make an investigation to ascertain the facts. If it finds that such person is operating or has operated without a license or permit, or in violation of any of the provisions of this subdivision, the department shall issue by certified mail a notice informing such person of the violation and requesting that it cease operating within 24 hours of the date notice is received. The department may report the results of its investigation to the attorney general or to the appropriate county attorney for prosecution.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:16 - Advertising.

    170-E:16 Advertising. –||A child day care agency licensed or operating under a permit issued by the department may publish advertisements of the services for which it is specifically licensed or issued a permit under this subdivision. No person who is required to obtain a license or permit under this subdivision may advertise or cause to be published an advertisement soliciting a child for child day care unless the person has obtained the requisite license or permit. A child care provider that is legally operating as a license exempt provider under RSA 170-E:3 shall not hold itself out in any way or advertise that it is licensed by the department, including using forms developed by the department for use by licensed child day care agencies.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. 2016, 161:7, eff. June 3, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:17 - Investigation.

    170-E:17 Investigation. –||I. If the department has reason to believe that state or federal funds solicited and received by a corporation for conduct of a child day care agency are not being used for the purpose for which the funds were awarded, or are being fraudulently used by the corporation or its members, or purportedly are being used for a facility or agency which is actually defunct, or are being used by or for an agency which no longer carries a valid license or permit, the department shall report these facts to the attorney general and request an investigation of the corporation to determine if the corporation should be dissolved or whether other action should be taken against the corporation or its members.||II. The department shall conduct an investigation of any complaint of violations of any licensing or operating standards against permitted or licensed child day care agencies. All investigations shall be conducted at reasonable times, with the cooperation of other state or municipal authorities, if required, and may include unannounced visits. The commissioner shall request an annual narrative summary of complaints received by the department.||III. Records compiled during an investigation shall be confidential and shall not be made public by the department.|||Source. 1990, 257:8. 1995, 310:135, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:18 - Oaths; Subpoenas.

    170-E:18 Oaths;  Subpoenas. –||I. The department shall have the power to administer oaths in any disciplinary proceedings.||II. Upon request of the commissioner, the attorney general shall be authorized, for good cause shown, to subpoena witnesses and to compel, by subpoena duces tecum, the production of papers and records in any disciplinary proceedings under this subdivision.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:19 - Records.

    170-E:19 Records. –||Every child day care agency shall keep and maintain such records as the department shall prescribe by rule pertaining to the admission, progress, health and discharge of children under the care of the child day care agency and shall report relative to such matters to the department whenever called for, upon forms prescribed by rule. All records regarding children and all facts learned about children and their relatives shall be kept confidential both by the child day care agency and by the department.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:20 - Notice of Death.

    170-E:20 Notice of Death. –||If any child under the control of any licensed child day care agency dies, the licensee shall give notice of such event to the department within 24 hours.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:21 - Penalty.

    170-E:21 Penalty. –||I. Any natural person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and any other person shall be guilty of a class B felony, who conducts, operates, or acts as a child day care agency without a license or permit to do so in violation of RSA 170-E:4, I.||II. Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who:||(a) Makes materially false statements to obtain or retain a license or permit.||(b) Fails to keep the records and make the reports required under this subdivision.||(c) Is required to obtain a license or permit under this subdivision and who advertises or causes to be published an advertisement soliciting a child for child day care which is not authorized by any license or permit held.||(d) Violates any other provision of this subdivision or any rule adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner for the enforcement of this subdivision.||(e) Holds themselves out in any way or advertises that they are licensed if they do not hold a license issued by the department.||II-a. Any person who operates a licensed or unlicensed child day care agency in violation of RSA 170-E:4, and, as a direct result of that persons' negligent operation, a child suffers permanent impairment to brain function, permanent paralysis, or other permanent debilitating injury, or death, shall be guilty of a class B felony.||III. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.|||Source. 1990, 257:8. 2006, 76:2, eff. July 1, 2006. 2016, 161:4, 5, 8, eff. June 3, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:21-a - Administrative Fines.

    170-E:21-a Administrative Fines. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.|||Source. 1991, 355:46, eff. July 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:22 - Injunctive Relief.

    170-E:22 Injunctive Relief. –||Any person may institute in any court of competent jurisdiction an action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate any violation of this subdivision or of the rules adopted under RSA 170-E:11; and the court shall adjudge relief, by way of injunction, which may be mandatory or otherwise as may be proper under all the facts and circumstances of the case, in order fully to effectuate the purpose of this subdivision and the rules adopted under it. In a prosecution under this subdivision, a defendant who relies upon the relationship of any child to himself has the burden of proof as to that relationship.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:23 - Confidentiality and Investigations.

    170-E:23 Confidentiality and Investigations. –||State registry files and all other related confidential information kept by any state agency may be used by the department for the purpose of investigation and licensure. The department shall strictly observe the confidentiality requirements of the agency from which it receives information.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:24 - Purpose.

    170-E:24 Purpose. –||The purpose of this subdivision is to provide for the licensing of residential care and child-placing agencies.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 170-E:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 170-E - Child Day Care, Residential Care, and Child-Placing Agencies|Section 170-E:26 - Exemptions; Child Endangerment Prohibited.

    170-E:26 Exemptions;  Child Endangerment Prohibited. –||I. The definitions in RSA 170-E:25, II and III shall not apply to the following:||(a) Families housing exchange students or up to 4 children in summer exchange programs.||(b) Nonresident families visiting the state for purposes of a vacation who have in their care foster children from their home state and have written approval of the out-of-state agency which supervises the foster children.||II. Families exempted from licensing pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 170-E:27, II.|||Source. 1990, 257:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|