(a) A licensed or approved child-care facility operating under this chapter shall apply for renewal of its license or approval, the application to be made to the department on forms prescribed by it; provided, however, that application for renewal of approval of a boarding home may be made to the licensed child-placing agency which issued the approval.
(b) The department shall reexamine every child-care facility for renewal of license or approval, including in that process, but not limited to, the examination of the premises and records of the facility and the persons responsible for the care of children as the department considers necessary to determine that minimum standards for licensing or approval continue to be met; provided, however, that in the case of a boarding home approved by a licensed child-placing agency, such reexamination may be made by said agency. If the department or the licensed child-placing agency, as the case may be, is satisfied that the facility continues to meet and maintain minimum standards which the department prescribes and publishes, the department shall renew the license or approval to operate the facility or the licensed child-placing agency shall renew its approval of a boarding home.
Structure Code of Alabama
Section 38-7-11 - Inspection of Facilities.
Section 38-7-12 - Advertisements.
Section 38-7-13 - Records to Be Kept by Child-Care Facility; Use and Disclosure of Information.
Section 38-7-14 - Reports by Child-Care Facility.
Section 38-7-14.1 - Educational Information on Influenza Disease and Vaccine.
Section 38-7-16 - Penalties; Burden of Proof of Relationship.
Section 38-7-17 - Duty of District Attorney to Enforce Chapter or Prosecute Violations.
Section 38-7-18 - Mandatory State Subsidized Child Day-Care Services Program.
Section 38-7-19 - Powers of Department as to Transitional Living Facilities.