Child Care Licensing
Handbook Revision, June 2014
This revision of the Licensing Policy and Procedures Handbook was published on June 2, 2014. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.
Risk Analysis Policy (PATS 5747)
The items below are revised and added to be consistent with the procedures developed by the Licensing Performance Management Unit.
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4800 Requesting a Risk Analysis
4810 Requesting a Risk Analysis
4820 Risk Analysis Review Period
4830 Risk Analyst Responsibilities
4840 Licensing Staff Responsibilities After Receiving a Completed Risk Analysis
Implement Two New Priorities for Investigations (PATS 7022)
These policy revisions and additions were developed in order to add two new priorities for investigations that do not require inspection, give staff the ability to change priority for investigations that require inspections, and process these investigations with different timeframes.
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6222 Assessing an Intake Report for Priority
6222.2 Classifying an Intake Report as a Priority 2 (P2) Investigation
6222.3 Classifying an Intake Report as a Priority 3 (P3) Investigation
6222.4 [new item] Classifying an Intake Report as a Priority 5 Investigation
6222.5 [new item] Re-Classifying a Priority 5 Investigation as a Priority 4 Investigation
6222.6 6222.4 Choosing the Priority of an Intake Report in CLASS
6222.7 [new item] Changing the Priority of an Investigation in CLASS
6243.1 Closing a Non-Abuse or Neglect Intake Report
6361.1 Time Frame for Initiating a Priority 1 (P1) Investigation
6361.3 Time Frame for Initiating a Priority 3 (P3) Investigation
6361.4 [new item] Time Frame for Initiating a Priority 5 Investigation
6413.2 Initiation Methods for Priority 3 Investigations That Require Supervisory Approval
6413.5 [new item] Initiation of an Investigation Assigned a Priority 5
6431.1 Inspection Time Frame Priority 1 or Priority 2 Investigations
6431.2 Inspection Time Frame for Priority 3 Investigations
6431.3 [new item] Inspection Time Frame for Priority 4 Investigations
6431.4 [new item] Inspection Not Required for Priority 5 Investigations
6532.1 Receiving and Assigning the Report
6532.3 Licensing Responsibilities
6532.4 [new item] Reclassifying an Investigation of an Agency Home as a Priority 4
6532.5 [new item] Documentation of Investigations by Child-Placing Agencies
6533 Agencies Responsible for Investigations in CPA and CPS Homes
6540 Investigations of Matches to the Database of Sex Offenders
6551 Conducting Searches
6552 Prioritizing Investigations of Illegal Operations
6552.1 [new item] Day Care Operations Providing Care Illegally With No Other Allegations
6552.2 [new item] Residential Operations Providing Care Illegally With No Other Allegations
6552.3 [new item] When to Prioritize a Report of an Illegal Operation as a Priority 1 or Priority 2 (Day Care and Residential)
6553 Initiating the Investigation of an Illegal Operation
6554 Conducting the Investigation of an Illegal Operation
6554.1 Conducting the Investigation of an Illegal Operation When an Address Is Known (Priority 5 Investigations)
6554.2 Conducting Investigations of an Illegal Operation When Only a Phone Number Is Known (Priority 5 Investigations)
6554.3 Conducting Investigations When Only an Email Address Is Known (Priority 5 Investigations)
6560 [new item] Investigations Conducted as Desk Reviews
6561 [new item] Licensing Responsibilities
6562 [new item] Reclassifying a Desk Review Investigation as a Priority 4
6563 [new item] Documentation of Investigations of Illegal Operations
6610 Time Frames for Completion of the Investigation
Appendix 6000-1: Time Frames for Investigations
6532.5 6740 Documentation of Investigations by Child-Placing Agencies
6740 6750 Documentation of Case Notes
6750 6760 Maintaining an Investigation File
6751 6761 Investigations Not Involving Abuse or Neglect
6752 6762 Investigations Involving Allegations of Abuse or Neglect
References to 6760 in these items are renumbered as 6750:
1310 The Content and Organization of Licensing Records
6527 Documenting the Investigation of a Child’s Death