Caring for more than five children for pay in a Johnson County home requires registration with Iowa HHS as a child development home under Iowa Code chapter 237A. Cities add only zoning review.
Home child care in Iowa is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Iowa Code chapter 237A, not by the city. A nonregistered child care home may care for up to five children, or up to six if one is school-age, without registration. Caring for more than that requires registering as a child development home in category A, B, or C, with capacities rising to as many as sixteen children in the largest category with an assistant. Registration brings background checks, health and safety standards, and inspection, renewed every twenty-four months. Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty add zoning review; unincorporated homes follow county zoning.
Operating a child development home above the nonregistered limit without HHS registration violates chapter 237A; the department can order the home to close, and each day of unregistered operation may be treated separately.
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