RSA 170-E:34 Rulemaking; Consultation.

I. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to:
(a) Minimum standards for licensing which apply to the various types of facilities for child care and child placement. The department shall seek the advice and assistance of persons representative of the various types of child care and child-placing agencies in establishing such standards. The standards prescribed shall include:
(1) The operation and conduct of the person, institution, or child-placing agency and the responsibility it assumes for child care or child placement, or both.
(2) The character, qualifications, mental and physical ability and competence of the applicant as well as all persons directly responsible for the care and welfare of children served, or of persons who will be provi