A. Each applicant for a license under the terms of this chapter shall fully complete the application, providing the required background information for himself or herself, and sign an authorization form expressly allowing the City Police Department to conduct one or more background and criminal history checks on him or her as set forth herein.
B. Necessary background information shall include fingerprints, a photograph, a history of all nontraffic criminal charges and convictions, a list of residences for the past ten (10) years, and any history of incarceration or mental illness. Such information shall include actions which brought an applicant under the purview of the Juvenile Corrections Act, Idaho Code section 20-501 et seq., as well as the former Idaho Code title 16, chapter 18, or similar provisions in any other jurisdiction.
C. Persons seeking childcare providers' licenses are required to include a current list of all employees, employee-applicants, all volunteers, and all individuals thirteen (13) years of age or older who are on the childcare premises more than twelve (12) hours a month or who could have unsupervised contact with children, days and hours of operation as well as business and vehicle liability insurance. Failure to provide the necessary information or authorizations shall be grounds to deny a license.
D. All providers, childcare employees, and all licensed volunteers must be at least sixteen (16) years old.
E. If a childcare provider is renting the premises in which childcare is being provided, said provider must obtain written permission from the landlord or owner to operate a childcare business on their property and attach a copy with the application.
F. All childcare providers shall provide proof of current commercial liability insurance for the childcare business issued by an insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in the State of Idaho. Providers shall submit a copy of the certificate of insurance at time of application to the City.
G. All childcare business applications are subject to approval by City departments to include Police Department, Fire Department, Planning and Zoning, Building Department, and the City Clerk. (Ord. 2951, 2015)