Child Care Act

Alabama · Public Welfare · §§ 38-7-1 to 38-7-9 · 24 sections

Overview

The act governs the licensing and regulation of child welfare agencies and child care facilities — including child care institutions, group homes, day care homes and centers, and shelters for homeless youth — defining each category largely by how many children are served and for how long. It gives a state child welfare department authority to issue, deny, and revoke licenses and permits, to investigate suspected unlicensed operation, to order closures, and to hold administrative hearings whose decisions are subject to judicial review, with courts available to compel witnesses and records. It also imposes operating standards on licensees, addressing advertising, confidentiality of records, referrals to law enforcement, placement practices including a child's religious faith and the reporting of children received from outside the state, and limits on financial arrangements such as payments to birth parents and loans or other credit extended in connection with placements.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

Ala. Code § 38-7-1Short Title.
Ala. Code § 38-7-10License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Investigation of Operation Without License; Report to Attorney General for Prosecution.
Ala. Code § 38-7-11Inspection of Facilities.
Ala. Code § 38-7-12Advertisements.
Ala. Code § 38-7-13Records to Be Kept by Child-Care Facility; Use and Disclosure of Information.
Ala. Code § 38-7-14Reports by Child-Care Facility.
Ala. Code § 38-7-14.1Educational Information on Influenza Disease and Vaccine.
Ala. Code § 38-7-15Conditions Precedent to Bringing Child into State for Purposes of Adoption or Placement in Child-Care Facility.
Ala. Code § 38-7-16Penalties; Burden of Proof of Relationship.
Ala. Code § 38-7-17Duty of District Attorney to Enforce Chapter or Prosecute Violations.
Ala. Code § 38-7-18Mandatory State Subsidized Child Day-Care Services Program.
Ala. Code § 38-7-19Powers of Department as to Transitional Living Facilities.
Ala. Code § 38-7-2Definitions.
Ala. Code § 38-7-20Employment in Day Care Center of Individual Under 19 Years of Age with Certain Credentials.
Ala. Code § 38-7-21Licensing of Church, Religious Nonprofit Entity, or Religious Nonprofit School to Operate as Licensed Day Care Center.
Ala. Code § 38-7-22Public Welfare › Child Care
Ala. Code § 38-7-3License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Requirements; Recordkeeping; Parental Notifications, Etc.; Affidavits; Inspections and Investigations.
Ala. Code § 38-7-4License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Application; Investigation; Application to Operate Foster Family Home May Be Made to Licensed Child-Placing Agency.
Ala. Code § 38-7-5License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Issuance and Term; Temporary Permits; Provisional Approval of Home; Preferential Treatment of Family Members Concerning Placement of Children.
Ala. Code § 38-7-6License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Renewal; Reexamination; Renewal of Approval of Boarding Home.
Ala. Code § 38-7-7License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Department to Establish Minimum Standards for Licensing; Factors to Be Considered; Children in Need of Special Treatment; Department to Offer Consultation.
Ala. Code § 38-7-7.1Public Welfare › Child Care
Ala. Code § 38-7-8License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Grounds.
Ala. Code § 38-7-9License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Aggrieved Party Entitled to Hearing; Review of Final Decision or Action of Department; Bond; When Decision May Be Set Aside; Section Not Applicable to Boarding Homes and Free Homes.

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