Section 1597.09 Of Article 3. Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3.5. >> Article 3.
1597.09
. (a) Each licensed child day care center shall be subject
to unannounced inspections by the department. The department shall
inspect these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality
of care provided.
(b) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced inspection
of a licensed child day care center under any of the following
circumstances:
(1) When a license is on probation.
(2) When the terms of agreement in a facility compliance plan
require an annual inspection.
(3) When an accusation against a licensee is pending.
(4) In order to verify that a person who has been ordered out of a
child day care center by the department is no longer at the
facility.
(c) (1) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced
inspection of no less than 30 percent of facilities not subject to an
evaluation under subdivision (b).
(2) These unannounced inspections shall be conducted based on a
random sampling methodology developed by the department.
(d) The department shall inspect a licensed child day care center
at least once every three years.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.