                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSES REQUIRED; ISSUANCE, EXPIRATION, AND RENEWAL; MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS OR CHILDREN; POSTING OF LICENSES (§ 22.1-289.011)

A. As used in this section, &#8220;person&#8221; means any individual;
corporation; partnership; association; limited liability company; local
government; state agency, including any department, institution, authority,
instrumentality, board, or other administrative agency of the Commonwealth; or
other legal or commercial entity that operates or maintains a child day program
or family day system.

B. Every person who constitutes, or who operates or maintains, a child day
program or family day system shall obtain the appropriate license from the
Superintendent, which may be renewed. The Superintendent, upon request, shall
consult with, advise, and assist any person interested in securing and
maintaining any such license. Each application for a license shall be made to
the Superintendent, in such form as he may prescribe. It shall contain the name
and address of the applicant and, if the applicant is an association,
partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the names and addresses
of its officers and agents. The application shall also contain a description of
the activities proposed to be engaged in and the facilities and services to be
employed, together with other pertinent information as the Superintendent may
require.

C. The licenses shall be issued on forms prescribed by the Superintendent. Any
two or more licenses may be issued for concurrent operation of more than one
child day program or family day system, but each license shall be issued upon a
separate form. Each license for a family day home or family day system and
renewals thereof may be issued for periods of up to three successive years,
unless sooner revoked or surrendered. Licenses issued to child day centers under
this chapter shall have a duration of two years from date of issuance.

D. The Superintendent may extend or shorten the duration of licensure periods
for a child day program or family day system whenever, in his sole discretion,
it is administratively necessary to redistribute the workload for greater
efficiency in staff utilization.

E. Each license shall indicate the maximum number of persons who may be cared
for in the child day program or family day system for which it is issued.

F. The license and any other documents required by the Superintendent shall be
posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.

G. Every person issued a license that has not been suspended or revoked shall
renew such license prior to its expiration.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 860, 861.