Washington Administrative Code
Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of
CHILD CARE AGENCIES/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 388-145 - Licensing requirements for group care facilities and services
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND TOYS
Licensing Process
Section 388-145-1325 - What is required to apply for a group care facility license?

(1) You, the person responsible for the license, must submit a completed application which is available from the division of licensed resources, children's administration.

(2) You must submit a completed background authorization form for your executive director, agency staff, consultants, interns, volunteers, and anyone who may have unsupervised access to children per chapter 388-06A WAC.

(3) You must ensure that an agency employee who may have unsupervised access to children complete a FBI fingerprint check.

(4) You must ensure that agency volunteers or interns that have lived outside of Washington state during any portion of the previous three years complete a FBI fingerprint check.

(5) You must ensure that no employee, volunteer or subcontractor has unsupervised access to children until you are notified by children's administration that a background check was completed that qualifies the individual to have unsupervised access. If you have both a license issued by DLR and a contract with the department you must adhere to the most stringent background check requirement.