(A) The town recognizes that if the County Board of Health has reason to believe that a contagious and/or communicable disease and/or illness is present in an unlicensed child care home, the town will not interfere with the County Health Department in requiring any individual operating an unlicensed child care home to cease all operations until the unlicensed child care home has been properly cleaned, sanitized, and disinfected to eliminate the possibility of spreading the disease, as provided by state law.
(B) The town will not interfere with the County Health Department in requiring any individual operating an unlicensed child care home to hire professionals, who are properly trained in the eradication of contagious and/or communicable diseases, to clean, sanitize, and disinfect the entire premises of the child care home if any child for whom care is provided at the home is found to have any contagious and/or communicable disease or illness, as provided by state law.
(C) The town will not interfere with the County Health Department in requiring any individual operating an unlicensed childcare home to provide proof of immunizations for each child for whom care is provided, as provided by state and/or federal law.
(D) In the event that any individual and/or unlicensed child care home fails to comply with an order of the County Health Department, as determined by the County Health Department, the town will not interfere with the County Health Department in issuing an order requiring the unlicensed child care home to immediately cease all operations until the individual and/or unlicensed child care home comes into compliance, as provided by state law.
(E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, in any way, the authority and powers granted to the County Health Department in I.C. 16-20-1-1 et seq.
(Ord. G-09-04, passed 5-11-2009)