Caring for five or more unrelated children for pay in Arizona requires an ADHS child care license. Mohave County's home occupation rules cap in-home child care at four individuals for compensation, matching the state licensing threshold.
Arizona licenses child care through the Department of Health Services, and under A.R.S. § 36-881 a "child care facility" is one serving five or more unrelated children for compensation, so caring for four or fewer falls outside state licensing. Mohave County's Zoning Ordinance (Section 37.L) mirrors this, limiting child care and adult care as a home occupation to no more than four individuals for compensation. A licensed day care facility is expressly prohibited as a home occupation, so a larger state-licensed operation must locate on commercially zoned land. Licensed homes face background checks, ratios, safety standards, and inspections.
Operating an unlicensed home over the five-child state threshold violates Arizona child care licensing law and can be closed by ADHS, while exceeding the four-child home occupation cap is a county zoning violation.
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