MCL - Section 722.115e

CHILD CARE ORGANIZATIONS (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1973


722.115e Arraignment or conviction of licensee, staff member, or member of household; report; crime; staff member not convicted of crime; deletion of information from records; notice requirements.

Sec. 5e.

    (1) A child care center licensee, licensee designee, or program director, group child care home licensee, and family child care home licensee shall report to the department within 3 business days after he or she has been arraigned for or convicted of 1 or more of the crimes listed in section 5r.
    (2) Except as provided in subsection (1), a child care staff member shall report to the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home within 3 business days after he or she has been arraigned for or convicted of 1 or more of the crimes listed in section 5r.
    (3) A child care center licensee, licensee designee, or program director, group child care home licensee, and family child care home licensee shall report to the department within 3 business days after receiving a report from a child care staff member under subsection (2).
    (4) A group child care home licensee or family child care home licensee shall report to the department within 3 business days after he or she knows or should reasonably know that a member of the household has been arraigned for or convicted of 1 or more of the crimes listed in section 5r.
    (5) A person who violates subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4) is guilty of a crime as follows:
    (a) If the person violates subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4) and the crime involved in the violation is a misdemeanor that is a listed offense or is a felony, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
    (b) If the person violates subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4) and the crime involved in the violation is a misdemeanor that is not a listed offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
    (6) The department shall delete from the licensee's records all information relating to an arraignment required to be reported under this section if the department receives documentation that the person arraigned for the crime is subsequently not convicted of any crime after the completion of judicial proceedings resulting from that arraignment.
    (7) A child care center, group child care home, or family child care home shall delete from the child care staff member's records all information relating to an arraignment required to be reported under this section if it receives documentation that the child care staff member is subsequently not convicted of any crime after the completion of judicial proceedings resulting from that arraignment.
    (8) At the time a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home allows a person to become a child care staff member, the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home shall notify that person of the requirement under this section to report when he or she is arraigned for or convicted of certain crimes and the penalty for not reporting.


History: Add. 2005, Act 133, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 256, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of state fire marshal to department of labor and economic growth, bureau of construction codes and fire safety, by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers and duties pertaining to children's camp, child care center, day care center, family day care home, and group day care home licensing and regulation from department of human services to department of licensing and regulatory affairs, see E.R.O. No. 2015-1, compiled at MCL 400.227.For transfer of powers and duties relative to the licensing and regulation of child caring institutions, child placing agencies, foster family homes, foster family group homes, and court-operated facilities from department of licensing and regulatory affairs to the department of health and human services, see E.R.O. No. 2018-6, compiled at MCL 722.110.For the transfer of all powers and duties related to the licensing and regulation of children's camps, child care centers, day care centers, family day care homes, and group day care homes from the department of licensing and regulatory affairs to MiLEAP, see E.R.O. No. 2023-2, compiled at MCL 388.1283.
Popular Name: Act 116
Popular Name: Child Care Licensing Act