210.1259.  Director of facility to provide notice — facility registration — inapplicability. — 1.  The director of any residential care facility shall provide the required notification in accordance with sections 210.1250 to 210.1286 before such operator shall accept any children.

  2.  All residential care facilities operating on July 14, 2021, shall register accordingly within three months after July 14, 2021.

  3.  The provisions of sections 210.1250 to 210.1286 shall not apply to any residential care facility that is already licensed so long as the license, registration, or monitoring under which such facility already operates requires of that facility all requirements provided under sections 210.1250 to 210.1286.