6. a. No person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association may operate, conduct or hold itself out to the public as an adult family care sponsor agency unless it is duly licensed as an adult family care sponsor agency in accordance with the provisions of this act.
b. Application for a license as an adult family care sponsor agency shall be made upon forms prescribed by the department. The department shall charge a single, non-refundable fee for the filing of an application for the issuance of a license and a single, non-refundable fee for any renewal thereof, as it shall from time to time establish by regulations, except that neither of these fees shall exceed $4,000.
c. An applicant for licensure as an adult family care sponsor agency shall comply with all procedures and meet all standards and requirements established by regulation of the commissioner.