Utah requires state licensure or certification for residential child care above set thresholds, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, with statewide standards that local zoning cannot override for licensed family providers.
Utah Code Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 4 governs Human Services Programs and Residential Certificates, including residential child care. Under Utah Administrative Code R381 series, Utah requires state licensure for residential child care serving more than a small number of unrelated children, with separate categories for residential certificates (up to eight children), family licenses, and group licenses. The Office of Licensing sets background-check, ratio, supervision, training, and physical-environment standards uniformly statewide. Utah Code 17-27a-505 and 10-9a-505 require municipalities and counties to treat licensed residential family child care as a permitted residential use, limiting local zoning authority to override state-licensed in-home daycare.
Operating an unlicensed residential child care above the allowed informal threshold is a misdemeanor and may trigger Office of Licensing closure orders and civil penalties.
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