Bonneville County, ID Home Business: Home Daycare (2026)

Chapter 113, the Bonneville County Child Daycare Licensing Ordinance, defines a DAYCARE HOME PROVIDER as a person using a home or premises to care for one to five children for pay, distinct from a GROUP CARE HOME PROVIDER (six to twelve children) and a DAYCARE CENTER PROVIDER (twelve or more) (§ 113.05). Anyone entering the business of paid child care must obtain a county license before operating; the license is issued by the County Clerk only after the County Sheriff or a deputy completes a background investigation and reports findings to the Board of County Commissioners for approval (§ 113.06(A)).

That investigation covers local and statewide criminal history, FBI and NCIC checks, fingerprinting, Child Protective Services history, and ten years of former addresses and employment (§ 113.07(A)-(D)); anyone age 12 or older living in the home or facility is also background-checked (§ 113.07(B)). Fees are set by Board resolution: § 113.08(B) lists a $25 daycare provider or employee license and investigation fee, a $10 fee for an adult resident of the home, and a $5 fee for a juvenile resident aged 12 to 18. A license runs one year from issuance and must be renewed annually (§ 113.09).

The Board can deny, suspend or revoke a license for a felony or violent misdemeanor conviction, a substantiated child-abuse finding, a Title 66 mental-health commitment, or knowingly false information on the application (§ 113.09(A)-(B)). An adverse ruling may be appealed to the Board within ten days of the decision, with a hearing held within a reasonable time (§ 113.10). The ordinance exempts occasional care by neighbors, relatives or friends not ordinarily engaged in child care for pay, care limited to children of one other family besides the provider's own, licensed private schools for children over five, and summer camps or religious programs running under 12 weeks a year (§ 113.06(B)).