Georgia § 20-1A-9 - Authority to license and regulate child care learning centers and family child care learning homes transferred to department.
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§ 20-1A-9. Authority to license and regulate child care learning centers and family child care learning homes transferred to department.
The department shall succeed to all rights and responsibilities relating to licensure and regulation of day-care centers (now known as child care learning centers), group day-care homes (now known as child care learning centers), and family day-care homes (now known as family child care learning homes), including such rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and pending and finalized administrative orders of the Department of Human Resources (now known as the Department of Human Services), the Georgia Child Care Council, and the Office of State Administrative Hearings, where applicable, which are in effect on September 30, 2004, and which relate to the functions transferred to the department pursuant to Code Section 20-1A-8. Such rights, responsibilities, licenses issued pursuant to previous law, procedures, and orders shall remain in effect until amended, repealed, superseded, or nullified by the commissioner. Such rules, regulations, and policies shall remain in effect until amended, repealed, superseded, or nullified by the board. (Code 1981, § 20-1A-9 , enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-12/HB 228; Ga. L. 2013, p. 135, § 4/HB 354; Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401.) The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, substituted "group day-care homes (now known as child care learning centers), and family day-care homes (now known as family child care learning homes)" for "group day-care homes, and family day-care homes" near the beginning of the first sentence.
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