Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers

Section 10:122-2.1
Application for a License

GEN (a) No person shall operate a center without first securing a license E "license:mandatory" from the Bureau. Any person who operates a center that does not have a valid license, or who uses fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license or who advertises or provides any service not authorized by a valid license, or who violates any other provision of the laws specified in N.J.A.C. 10:122-1.1(a), is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:5B-13.

(b) A person applying for an initial license E "license:application" or renewal E "renewal of license" license to operate a center shall submit a completed application E "application:license" form to the Bureau at least 45 days prior to the anticipated opening of the center or to the expiration of its existing regular license.

(c) An applicant for an initial or renewal E "renewal of license" license E "license:fee" shall submit, with the completed application E "application:fee" form, the specified licensing fee fee" listed in the chart below, in the form of a check or money order made payable to the "Treasurer, State of New Jersey."

LICENSING FEES FOR CENTERS

(d) In lieu of the fees specified in (c) above, an applicant for an initial or renewalE "renewal of license" license who operates a Head Start E "Head Start" center, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9381 et seq., or a school-age child care program that does not charge a fee or require other compensation or services from parents, shall submit with the completed application form a $110.00 licensing fee, in the form of a check or money order made payable to the "Treasurer, State of New Jersey."

(e) If the application is denied, or the center does not open, the Bureau will refund the licensing fee to the applicant.

(f) The licensing fee will not be refunded once the Bureau issues the center a license.

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