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Judge Reinstates License

Jul 24, 2008, 7:54 am

WAGONER, Okla. (AP) A Wagoner County judge has reinstated the operating license of a Broken Arrow home day-care provider that faced being shut down for housing children during an ice storm-related power outage.

District Judge Darrell Shepherd has issued an order overturning the state Department of Human Services' revocation of Krina Hendricks day-care license and reinstating it.

DHS revoked Hendricks' license in April for alleged violations related to keeping children during the widespread power outages after December's ice storm.

Hendricks kept children for several of her customers, who also did not have power, for periods over more than a week during the outage.

Shepherd ruled that DHS did not give due consideration to the extreme hardships the power outage caused or the fact that Hendricks' record as a child care provider was unblemished.

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