(A) The department of job and family services may suspend, without a prior hearing, the license of a child day-care center, type A family day-care home, or licensed type B family day-care home if any of the following occur:
(1) A child dies or suffers a serious injury while receiving child care in the center, type A home, or licensed type B home.
(2) A public children services agency receives a report pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, and the person alleged to have inflicted abuse or neglect on the child who is the subject of the report is any of the following:
(a) The owner, licensee, or administrator of the center, type A home, or licensed type B home;
(b) An employee of the center, type A home, or licensed type B home;
(c) Any person who resides in the type A home or licensed type B home.
(3) An owner, licensee, administrator, or employee of the center, type A home, or licensed type B home, or a resident of the type A home or licensed type B home is charged by an indictment, information, or complaint with an offense relating to the abuse or neglect of a child.
(4) The department or a county department of job and family services determines that the center, type A home, or licensed type B home created a serious risk to the health or safety of a child receiving child care in the center, type A home, or licensed type B home that resulted in or could have resulted in a child's death or injury.
(5) The owner, licensee, or administrator of the center, type A home, or licensed type B home is charged by indictment, information, or complaint with fraud.
(B) The department shall issue a written order of suspension and furnish a copy to the licensee. The licensee may appeal the suspension in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code.
(C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any summary suspension imposed under this section shall remain in effect, unless reversed on appeal, until any of the following occurs:
(1) The public children services agency completes its investigation of the report pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code.
(2) All criminal charges are disposed of through dismissal, a finding of not guilty, conviction, or a plea of guilty.
(3) A final order is issued by the department pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code becomes effective.
(D) If the department initiates the revocation of a license that has been suspended pursuant to this section, the suspension shall continue until the revocation process is completed.
(E) The center, type A home, or licensed type B home shall not provide child care while the summary suspension remains in effect. Upon issuance of the order of suspension, the licensee shall inform the caretaker parent of each child receiving child care in the center, type A home, or licensed type B home of the suspension.
(F) The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards and procedures for the summary suspension of licenses.
Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, ยง101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.
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