The Commissioner of Health or his or her designee shall inspect, or cause to be inspected all day care centers in the City, whenever and as often as shall be necessary for the adequate supervision, control and regulation of the same. Whenever the Commissioner receives a written or verbal complaint to the effect that any day care center in the City is not managed, maintained, operated or conducted in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, or that the physical or moral well-being of any child or children cared for in any day care center is not being adequately and properly provided for, the Commissioner shall, within ten (10) days after the written complaint has been delivered to him or her, cause an investigation of the day care center complained of to be made, and shall make or cause to be made a written report of the result of the investigation. The Commissioner is authorized and empowered either by himself or herself, or any representative designated by him or her for that purpose, to enter any day care center in the City and the premises on which the same is conducted, for the purpose of making full inspection. If upon any inspection the Commissioner finds that any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated in connection with the conduct and operation of any day care center, or that the physical and moral well-being of any child or children cared for is not being adequately provided for, then and in such event he or she may revoke the permit issued for the operation of the day care center, and the operation of the day care center shall become unlawful.
(Ord. No. 924-09. Passed 8-5-09, eff. 8-13-09)