Code of Alabama
Title 38 - Public Welfare.
Chapter 7 - Child Care.

Section 38-7-1 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 38-7-2 - Definitions. - MENDED BY ACT 2021-225 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE...

Section 38-7-3 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Requirements; Recordkeeping; Parental Notifications, etc.; Affidavits; Inspections and Investigations. - (a) No person, group of persons, or corporation may operate...

Section 38-7-4 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Application; Investigation; Application to Operate Foster Family Home May Be Made to Licensed Child-Placing Agency. - Any person, group of persons or corporation who or which...

Section 38-7-5 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Issuance and Term; Temporary Permits; Provisional Approval of Home; Preferential Treatment of Family Members Concerning Placement of Children. - (a) Licenses or approvals shall be issued in such form...

Section 38-7-6 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Renewal; Reexamination; Renewal of Approval of Boarding Home. - (a) A licensed or approved child-care facility operating under this...

Section 38-7-7 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Department to Establish Minimum Standards for Licensing; Factors to Be Considered; Children in Need of Special Treatment; Department to Offer Consultation. - (a) The department shall prescribe and publish minimum standards for...

Section 38-7-8 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Grounds. - The department may revoke or refuse to renew the license...

Section 38-7-9 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Aggrieved Party Entitled to Hearing; Review of Final Decision or Action of Department; Bond; When Decision May Be Set Aside; Section Not App... - In the event a party or an applicant for a...

Section 38-7-10 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Investigation of Operation Without License; Report to Attorney General for Prosecution. - Whenever the department is advised or has reason to believe...

Section 38-7-11 - Inspection of Facilities. - The department shall have the right and its authorized representatives...

Section 38-7-12 - Advertisements. - A child-care facility licensed or approved or operating under a...

Section 38-7-13 - Records to Be Kept by Child-Care Facility; Use and Disclosure of Information. - Every child-care facility shall keep and maintain such records as...

Section 38-7-14 - Reports by Child-Care Facility. - Every child-care facility shall make reports to the department on...

Section 38-7-14.1 - Educational Information on Influenza Disease and Vaccine. - (a) Not later than September 1, annually, each day care...

Section 38-7-15 - Conditions Precedent to Bringing Child Into State for Purposes of Adoption or Placement in Child-Care Facility. - (a) No person or agency shall bring or send any...

Section 38-7-16 - Penalties; Burden of Proof of Relationship. - Any person, group of persons, association or corporation who: In...

Section 38-7-17 - Duty of District Attorney to Enforce Chapter or Prosecute Violations. - It shall be the duty of every district attorney or...

Section 38-7-18 - Mandatory State Subsidized Child Day-Care Services Program. - (a) There is hereby provided a mandatory state subsidized child...

Section 38-7-19 - Powers of Department as to Transitional Living Facilities. - The Department of Human Resources may contract for utility services,...

Section 38-7-20 - Employment in Day Care Center of Individual Under 19 Years of Age With Certain Credentials. - Nothing in this chapter shall preclude an individual under the...

Section 38-7-21 - Licensing of Church, Religious Nonprofit Entity, or Religious Nonprofit School to Operate as Licensed Day Care Center. - A church, religious nonprofit entity, or religious nonprofit school that...