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(a) Every person, firm, association or corporation conducting, managing or maintaining a day care center shall report to the Director of Public Health within timelines specified in OAC 3701-3-05. Every person, firm, association or corporation conducting, managing or maintaining a day care center shall report to the Director of Public Health, all cases and suspected cases of contagious diseases, such as smallpox, chickenpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, mumps, measles, whooping cough, impetigo contagiosa, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, hand, foot and mouth disease, meningitis (bacterial, viral/aseptic), flu, diarrheal diseases, and any other disease classified as communicable in accordance with OAC 3701-3-02. The report shall give the names and addresses of persons so afflicted and all other known facts relating to the case or incident in accordance with OAC 3701-3-03, which may aid in eradicating such diseases.
(b) Every person, firm, association or corporation conducting a day care center shall also make out a Monthly Illness Report Form in writing on or before the fifth day of each calendar month, giving a complete record of the operation of the center during the preceding calendar month, showing the number of children admitted, all relevant illnesses, all accidental injuries and deaths, the cause of the same and other information as may be necessary to an intelligent supervision of the center. This report shall be kept in the permanent records of the day care center.
(c) All reports required in this section shall be made upon blanks approved by the Director of Public Health and shall be signed by the superintendent or the official in charge. All records placed in permanent files under the requirements of this chapter shall be open to inspection by the Director of Public Health or any officer or employee of the Division of Health designated by the Director of Public Health at any time.
(Ord. No. 1642-12. Passed 12-3-12, eff. 12-6-12; Ord. No. 20-13. Passed 1-7-13, eff. 1-8-13)
A day care center's license may be suspended or revoked at any time by the Director of Public Health on his or her own initiative. Before suspending or revoking the license the Director of Public Health shall afford the licensee the opportunity of a hearing on the charges. The licensee may appeal from the order in the manner provided by Section 201.03. A second suspension for the same reason or, in any case a third suspension of a day care center's license shall operate as a revocation of such license. No day care center's owner or administrator whose license has been revoked shall again be licensed as a day care provider in the City unless on presentation of reasons satisfactory to the Director of Public Health. The Director of Public Health shall notify the Building Department, the Division of Fire and the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses of all suspensions or revocations of day care licenses.
(Ord. No. 1642-12. Passed 12-3-12, eff. 12-6-12; Ord. No. 20-13. Passed 1-7-13, eff. 1-8-13)
(a) If any person, firm, association or corporation conducting a day care center violates any of the provisions of this chapter relating to the safety of, or the accommodations for the children, the Director of Public Health is authorized to issue an order to close the day care center and keep it closed until such repairs or alterations have been made as will comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) No person shall fail to comply with a lawful order issued by the Director of Public Health under this section.
(Ord. No. 1642-12. Passed 12-3-12, eff. 12-6-12; Ord. No. 20-13. Passed 1-7-13, eff. 1-8-13)
(a) Any person, firm, association or corporation who opens, maintains or conducts a day care center without first having been granted a permit, or after the due revocation of the permit, or in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense.
(b) Whoever fails to comply with the lawful order issued under division (a) of Section 227.35 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day during which noncompliance or a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(c) In the event of any actual or threatened violation of this chapter or an emergency situation, the Director of Law, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute proper suit in equity or at law to prevent or terminate the violation or remedy the situation.
(Ord. No. 924-09. Passed 8-5-09, eff. 8-13-09)