Requiring the department of human services to allow certain licensed physicians to perform physical examinations required for personnel and children in child care facilities

This bill requires the department of human services to allow certain licensed physicians to perform physical examinations required for personnel and children in child care facilities. The bill requires the department of human services to allow any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, chiropractic, podiatry, or optometry under the laws of this state to perform physical examinations required for personnel and children in child care facilities. Under current rules, child care center facility personnel, children attending a child care center, and child development home personnel must be examined by a licensed medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner, and children attending a child development home must be examined by a licensed physician or a designee in a clinic supervised by a licensed physician. 1 defines a child care facility as a child care center, a preschool, or registered child development home.