SECTION 340:110-3-147. License

  Request for license is submitted on Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) provided forms. A license to operate a residential child care program is granted when the program meets minimum requirements. Children are not accepted into care until DHS authorization is obtained. The license is not transferable and is posted prominently in the facility including the denial or revocation notice, when applicable. When the program changes ownership or location, a new license is obtained. Per the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act, Section 405.3 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, persons identified as registrants on the Restricted Registry are prohibited from:

(1)   licensure as a child care program;

(2)   ownership of a child care program;

(3)   employment in a child care program;

(4)   having unsupervised access to children; and/or

(5)   residing in a child care facility.

[Source: Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3331, eff 10-1-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1171, eff 5-13-02; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2239, eff 7-1-09; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1869, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 154, eff 11-1-13 (emergency); Amended at 31 Ok Reg 1854, eff 9-15-14; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 1858, eff 11-1-20]