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Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 402
Health And Rehabilitative Services; Miscellaneous Provisions
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HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES; ETC.

402.315 Funding; license fees. ---

(1) If the county designates a local agency to be responsible for the licensing of child care facilities, the county shall bear at least 75 percent of the costs involved.

(2) The department shall bear the costs of the licensing of child care facilities when contracted to do so by a county or when directly responsible for licensing in a county which fails to meet or exceed state minimum standards.

(3) The department shall collect a fee for any license it issues for a child care facility pursuant to s. 402.308. Such fee shall be $1 per child, except that the minimum fee shall be $25 per center and the maximum fee shall be $100 per center.

(4) Any county may collect a fee for any license it issues pursuant to s. 402.308. History: s. 15, ch. 74-113; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 6, 7, ch. 83-248; s. 13, ch. 84-551; s. 30, ch. 85-54; ss. 1, 2, ch. 93-115.