§ 20-78-210 - License -- Application and issuance.
20-78-210. License -- Application and issuance.
(a) Any person, partnership, group, corporation, organization, or association desiring to operate a child care facility shall first make application for a license for a facility to the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education on the application forms furnished for this purpose by the division.
(b) The division shall act on any application within sixty (60) days after it has been received by the division.
(c) If an applicant meets the requirements of this subchapter and the published rules and regulations of the division regarding minimum standards for a child care facility, then the applicant shall be granted a license by the division as a child care facility. This license shall continue in effect until revoked or suspended as provided in this subchapter.
(d) In issuing a license for a child care facility, the division may limit the number of children who may be served by that facility.
(e) In issuing an initial license or reviewing a current license for a child care facility, the division shall require that during regular business hours at least one (1) adult member of the staff who is certified in infant and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be present within the physical confines of the child care facility.