§ 39-1104 — APPLICATION FOR LICENSE — FIRE SAFETY AND HEALTH INSPECTIONS

(1) Application. A person who wishes to operate a daycare facility shall be a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age, shall submit an application on the forms provided by the department, and shall obtain the required certificates of inspection as provided herein.
(2) Inspections. A person who wishes to operate a daycare facility shall submit: (a) a certificate of a fire inspection of the proposed center, conducted by a fire department or fire district official, establishing compliance with the standards specified in section 39-1109, Idaho Code; and (b) a health and safety inspection of the proposed facility conducted by a qualified inspector as designated by the department, establishing compliance with the standards specified in sections 39-1109 and 39-1110, Idaho Code.
(3) Continued compliance and reinspection. Daycare facilities shall at all times maintain compliance with the safety and health requirements identified in this chapter. The department may cause any daycare facility to be reinspected during the term of a license for safety and health compliance as determined necessary by the department. No charge for any reinspection after the initial inspection in any license period shall be made to the daycare facility.
(4) If an applicant fails to complete the application process within six (6) months, the application will be considered abandoned and shall be terminated. An applicant whose application is abandoned, and subsequently terminated, may start a new application at any time.

Legislative History

[39-1104, added 1987, ch. 56, sec. 1, p. 94; am. 2009, ch. 295, sec. 4, p. 874; am. 2025, ch. 185, sec. 3, p. 863.]