                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATION OF CHILD-CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (§
15.2-741)

A. The board may by ordinance provide for the regulation and licensing of (i)
persons who provide child-care services for remuneration and (ii) child-care
facilities. &#8220;Child-care services&#8221; includes regular care, protection,
or guidance during a part of a day to one or more children, not related by blood
or marriage to the provider of services, while they are not attended by their
parent, guardian, or person with legal custody. &#8220;Child-care
facilities&#8221; includes any commercial or residential structure which is used
to provide child-care services for remuneration. However, such ordinance shall
not require the regulation or licensing of any facility operated by a religious
institution as exempted from licensure by &#xA7; 22.1-289.031.

B. Such ordinance may be more restrictive or more extensive in scope than
statutes or state regulations that may affect child-care services or child-care
facilities, provided that such ordinance shall not impose additional
requirements or restrictions on the construction or materials to be used in the
erection, alteration, repair, or use of a residential dwelling.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 545, § 15.1-687.19; 1997, c. 587; 2020, cc. 860, 861.