California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 12 - Child Care Facility Licensing Regulations
Chapter 1 - Child Care Center General Licensing Requirements
Article 5 - Administrative Actions
Section 101205 - Denial of License

Universal Citation: 22 CA Code of Regs 101205

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Except as specified in Section 101181, which provides for issuance of a provisional license based upon substantial compliance, the Department shall deny an application for a license if the applicant is not in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Department shall issue the denial in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 1597.11,

(1) The Department shall deny an application if the applicant fails to pay any civil penalty assessments, unless payment arrangements acceptable to the Department have been made.

(2) The Department may deny an application for licensure or revoke a license if the applicant/licensee, staff and/or volunteers violate Health and Safety Code Section 1596.885.

(3) The Department shall deny an application for licensure for grounds specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1596.952(b).

(4) An application shall not be denied solely because the applicant is a parent who has administered or will continue to administer corporal punishment not constituting child abuse, as defined in Penal Code Section 11165(g) or Health and Safety Code Section 1531.5(c), on his/her own child(ren).

(b) If an application is denied, the Department shall inform the applicant of the denial in writing.

(1) The notice shall include the reasons for the denial. The notice shall also advise the applicant of the right to appeal as provided for by Health and Safety Code Section 1596.879.

(c) If the application for a license is denied, the application processing fee shall be forfeited.

(d) Notwithstanding any appeal action, the child care center is unlicensed and shall not operate pending adoption by the Director of a decision on the denial action.

1. Change without regulatory effect (Register 86, No. 29).
2. Editorial correction of printing error (Register 91, No. 17).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending lettering and correcting cross-references filed 5-28-91 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 91, No. 28).
4. Renumbering of former article 4 to article 5, renumbering of former section 101205 to section 101195, and renumbering and amendment of section heading and section of former section 101191 to section 101205 filed 9-14-98; operative 11-1-98 (Register 98, No. 38).
5. New subsection (a)(3), subsection renumbering and amendment of NOTE filed 10-4-2000; operative 11-3-2000 (Register 2000, No. 40).
6. Editorial correction of subsections (a) and (b)(1) (Register 2002, No. 39).

Note: Authority cited: Section 1596.81, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1596.81, 1596.856, 1596.885, 1596.891, 1596.95, 1596.952(b) and 1597.05, Health and Safety Code.

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