Alaska Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers

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7 AAC 50.030
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

(a) An applicant for a license to operate a facility under this chapter shall attend orientation and pre-service training as required by a licensing representative in the discretion of the representative

(b) An applicant for a license to operate a facility under this chapter shall

(1) submit the application on forms provided by the division;

(2) comply with division procedures;

(3) initiate the application in the name of the person or legal entity responsible for the operation of the facility; and

(4) include with the application release forms completed by the administrator , all adult members of the household, and any adult who resides in any part of the facility, if that adult has direct access from the adult's residence to the part of the facility where child care is provided; the release forms shall authorize the licensing representative to

(A) review criminal justice information;

(B) review protective service records;

(D) request a health, probation, or mental health evaluation, if considered necessary by the division; and

(E) share this information with the applicant or licensee, to the extent permitted by state or federal law.

(c) An application for a license to operate a facility must contain the following items, as applicable to each type of facility. An applicant for a provisional or a biennial license under AS 47.35 shall provide the following information as applicable to the type of facility:

(1) information required by AS 47.35.017(b);

(2) a copy of enabling legislation, charter, partnership agreement, constitution, or articles of incorporation for the applicant;

(3) the phone number of the facility and of the applicant, including each person who has an ownership or management interest in the facility;

(4) the name, address, phone number, and title of the chief executive officer of the unit or subunit of government, if the applicant is a government unit;

(5) names, phone numbers, and addresses of four references for the applicant;

(7) printouts of state criminal justice information for persons in child care facilities as required by 7 AAC 50.210(h);

(8) ages of children to be cared for;

(9) a request for a variance, if applicable;

(10) hours and days of operation for child care facilities;

(11) any specializations for which approval is sought under 7 AAC 50.600 - 7 AAC 50.650 of this chapter;

(12) water test results, if applicable;

(13) information for parent referral ;

(14) the facility plan of operation, including an organization chart, staffing and other plans, policies, rules, program descriptions, schedules, forms, evaluation criteria, and similar material required by this chapter;

(16) other information required by the division on the application to enable the division to determine if the applicant meets the standards in AS 47.35 and this chapter.

(d) An application for a license must include a signed declaration by the applicant, or by a person authorized to submit the application on behalf of an applicant that is not an individual, certifying that the contents of the application and the information provided with it are true, accurate, and complete.

(e) An application is not complete unless it provides all of the information required by AS 47.35.017(b) and this section, unless it is a biennial renewal application. If the application is a biennial renewal application, only the attachments requiring updating must be submitted with the application.

(f) In this section, "management interest" includes membership on a governing board or body of the facility.(Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145)

Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.35.010 AS 47.35.017

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