Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers

Section 10:122-2.2
Issuance of a License

GEN (a) The Bureau shall issue a regular license E "license:regular" to a center that has achieved full compliance with all applicable provisions of this manual.

(b) If the Bureau determines that a center is in substantial compliance with, but does not meet all, applicable provisions of this manual, and provided that there is no serious or imminent hazard to the health, safety, well-being and development of the children, the Bureau shall issue a temporary license E "license:temporary" to the center and indicate in writing the steps the center must take to secure a regular license.

(c) A temporary license may be issued for a period not to exceed six months. The Bureau may issue as many temporary licenses as it deems necessary. However, a center shall not operate pursuant to temporary licenses for more than 18 months.

(d) Each licensing period, which may include the issuance of one or more temporary licenses and/or one regular license, shall be three years.

1. In determining the expiration date of the first regular license E "license:expiration date" , the Bureau shall compute the three-year licensing period from the date of issuance of the first temporary or regular license.

2. In determining the expiration date of a renewal E "renewal of license" regular license, the Bureau shall compute the three-year licensing period from the date on which the center's previous regular license expired.

(f) A center shall not make claims contrary to its license, either in advertisingE advertising" or in any written or verbal announcement or presentation.

(g) A facility or program caring for children shall not claim in advertising, or in any written or verbal announcement or presentation, to be a licensed center unless it has secured a license from the Bureau.

(h) A center shall not claim that it is licensed by any State department or agency other than the New Jersey Department of Human Services E "Department of Human Services" , or that it is accredited by any State department.

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