Title 38

Every child-care facility shall keep and maintain such records as the department may prescribe pertaining to the admission, progress, health and discharge of children under the care of the facility. Records regarding children and facts learned about children and their relatives s…

Every child-care facility shall make reports to the department on forms prescribed by the department and at times required by the department, giving information pertaining to the children under care and such other facts as the department may require. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No…

(a) Not later than September 1, annually, each day care center shall provide educational information on influenza disease to the parent or legal guardian of each enrolled child. The educational information shall include, but need not be limited to, the causes and symptoms of infl…

(a) No person or agency shall bring or send any child into the State of Alabama for the purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption or placing him in any child-care facility, as defined herein, without first obtaining the consent of the department. The department shall have …

Any person, group of persons, association or corporation who: (1) Conducts, operates or acts as a child-care facility without a license, or a six-month permit or an approval to do so in violation of the provisions of this chapter; (2) Makes materially false statements in order to…

It shall be the duty of every district attorney or assistant district attorney within the circuit, county or other territory for which he is elected or appointed to institute action for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or to prosecute action for the violation of …

(a) There is hereby provided a mandatory state subsidized child day-care services program within the Department of Human Resources for a minimum average of 6,500 eligible children at not less than the current Department of Human Resources payment rates for a payment-to-provider c…

The Department of Human Resources may contract for utility services, purchase real or personal property, or enter into lease agreements for and may operate residences to be used as transitional living facilities to provide transitional living program services to an eligible child…

Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular number include the plural number, and words in …

Nothing in this chapter shall preclude an individual under the age of 19 years who has graduated from a high school with a Child Development Associate Credential from being employed by a day care center and counted in the staff-child ratio, as defined in subdivision (4) of Sectio…

A church, religious nonprofit entity, or religious nonprofit school that has been operating a day care center or preschool program without a license prior to March 21, 2018, that chooses to become a licensed day care center under this chapter shall have 90 days from March 21, 201…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “employee” means an individual who is hired to facilitate the care of children attending day care centers. The term does not include service staff, such as cooks, janitors, or bus drivers. (b)(1) On or before August 1, 2027, the Stat…

(a) No person, group of persons, or corporation may operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in this chapter, without being licensed or approved as provided in this chapter. (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), the licensure requirements of this chapter…

Any person, group of persons or corporation who or which receives children or arranges for care or placement of one or more children unrelated to the operator shall apply for a license or for approval to operate one of the types of child-care facilities defined in this chapter. A…

(a) Licenses or approvals shall be issued in such form and manner as prescribed by the department and are valid for two years from the date issued, unless revoked by the department or voluntarily surrendered by the licensee, or by the child-care facility designated on the notice …

(a) A licensed or approved child-care facility operating under this chapter shall apply for renewal of its license or approval, the application to be made to the department on forms prescribed by it; provided, however, that application for renewal of approval of a boarding home m…

(a) The department shall prescribe and publish minimum standards for licensing and for approving all child-care facilities, as defined in this chapter. In establishing such standards the department shall seek the advice and assistance of persons representative of the various type…

(a) In addition to the standards for licensing established pursuant to Section 38-7-7, each day care center, day care home, group day care home, and night care facility shall implement and abide by a screen time policy that meets the requirements of Article 4, Chapter 24 of Title…

The department may revoke or refuse to renew the license or the approval of any child-care facility or refuse to issue a full license to the holder of a six-month permit should the license or the child-care facility designated on the notice of approval or the holder of a six-mont…

In the event a party or an applicant for a license or a licensee is denied a license or a renewal of a license or has a license suspended or revoked for the operation of a child-care facility required by this chapter to be licensed by the department, or in the event an applicatio…