Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers

Section B
Procedures for Pre-Application Consultation and for Securing an Original License/Approval.

B.(1) Any person, corporation, partnership, voluntary association or other organization, whether private or public, may secure information about the licensing/approval process by contacting staff of the State or local county Department of Social Services.

B.(2) An application for a license/approval shall be completed on appropriate Department forms and shall be signed by the operator. The Department representative shall provide the applicant with the required number of forms, a copy of current child day care center regulations, a copy of Section 20-7-2700 et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), (Child Day Care Statute) and a copy of Sections of the Children's Code related to child abuse and neglect with an explanation of procedures and information required by the Department. The Department representative shall request in writing that health and fire officials make inspections of the facility.

B.(3) After giving the applicant prior notice, Department staff shall complete a licensing/approval study during an on-site visit to the proposed facility to determine compliance with applicable regulations.

B.(4) Health and fire officials shall inspect the facility to determine compliance with appropriate regulations and shall put in writing on appropriate forms the results of their inspections.

B.(5) Department staff shall review the findings of the complete application and shall take one of the following actions:

B.(5)(a) Issue regular license/regular approval if all the provisions of the regulations and statute for the operation of a child day care center have been met.

B.(5)(b) Issue provisional license/provisional approval if deficiencies have been cited which do not seriously threaten the health or safety of children.

B.(5)(c) Deny the application for a license/approval if cited deficiencies threaten serious harm to the health and/or safety of the children in the facility.

B.(7) If a license/approval is issued, Department staff shall mail the license/approval directly to the operator.

B.(8) The license/approval shall state clearly the name of the operator, the address and type of child day care facility, the date on which the license/approval was issued and will expire and the maximum number of children to be present in the center at any one time.

B.(9) Department staff shall notify the operator as follows if a provisional license/provisional approval is issued or an application for a license/approval is denied:

B.(9)(a) If a provisional license/provisional approval is issued, Department staff shall notify the operator in writing of deficiencies to be corrected. The deficiencies shall be cited on the back of the license/approval and shall include the appropriate regulation number(s).

B.(9)(b) If Department staff proposes to deny an application for a license/approval, the applicant shall be given written notice by certified mail indicating the reason(s) for the proposed action and the right of the applicant to request, in writing, an appeal within thirty days after the receipt of the notice of denial.

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