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AL Code § 38-7-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-8 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Grounds.

Section 38-7-8License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Revocation or refusal to renew license - Grounds. The department may revoke or refuse to renew the license or the approval of any child-care facility or refuse to issue a full license to the holder of a six-month permit should the license or the child-care facility designated on the notice of approval or the holder of a six-month permit: (1) Consistently fail to maintain standards prescribed and published by the department; (2) Violate the provisions of the license issued; (3) Furnish or make any misleading or any false statements or report to the department; (4) Refuse to submit to the department any reports or refuse to make available to the department any records required by the department in making investigation of the child-care facility for licensing purposes; provided, however, that the department shall not revoke or refuse to renew a license in such case unless it has made written demand on the person, firm or corporation operating the facility requesting such report or reports and such person, firm or corporation fails or refuses to submit such records for a period of 10 days; (5) Fail or refuse to submit to an investigation by the department; (6) Fail or refuse to admit authorized representatives of the department at any reasonable time for the purpose of investigation; (7) Fail to provide, maintain, equip and keep in safe and sanitary condition premises established or used for child care as required under standards prescribed by the department, or as otherwise required by any law, regulation or ordinance applicable to such facility; (8) Refuse to display its license or permit; or (9) Fail to maintain financial resources adequate for the satisfactory care of children served in regard to upkeep of premises and provisions for personal care, medical services, clothing, learning experience and other essentials in the proper care, rearing and training of children. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §8.)
AL Code § 38-7-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-9 - License 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.

Section 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. In the event a party or an applicant for a license or a licensee is denied a license or a renewal of a license or has a license suspended or revoked for the operation of a child-care facility required by this chapter to be licensed by the department, or in the event an application for such a license or renewal of a license is not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or in the event an approval required by this chapter to be issued by the department is denied or revoked or unduly delayed, any aggrieved party may appeal to the department for a fair hearing of his case. Notice and opportunity for a fair hearing and notice of right to counsel shall be given the appellant by the department, and at this hearing any party at interest may appear and present any relevant facts. The decision or action of the department on any fair hearing on any such appeal shall be final and binding and shall be complied with. Any party aggrieved by a final decision or action of the department refusing to grant or to issue, or suspending or revoking a license or an approval for the operation of any child-care facility required by law to be licensed or approved by the department is entitled to a review of such final decision or action by filing a complaint with the circuit court in the county in which the child-care facility is located or in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama. All such complaints shall be filed within 30 days from the date of such final decision or action, and a review shall be granted as a matter of right upon the filing with the department of a bond for security of costs of said review and upon filing said complaint both with the register or clerk of the circuit court, as designated hereinabove, and with the department. The court may set aside the final decision of the department only upon a finding of the court that such final decision was illegal, capricious or unsupported by the evidence. Upon motion of either party or upon its own motion the court may at its discretion take additional evidence. The provisions of this section shall not apply to boarding homes and free homes as defined in this chapter. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §9.)
AL Code § 38-7-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-10 - License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Investigation of Operation Without License; Report to Attorney General for Prosecution.

Section 38-7-10License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Investigation of operation without license; report to attorney general for prosecution. Whenever the department is advised or has reason to believe that any person, group of persons or corporation is operating a child-care facility without a license or an approval or a six-month permit, it may make an investigation to ascertain the fact. If it finds that the child-care facility is being operated or has operated without a license or an approval or a six-month permit, it shall report the results of its investigation to the Attorney General and to the appropriate district attorney for prosecution; provided, however, that the department may delay in making said report to the Attorney General for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 60 days, in order to give the person, group of persons or corporation operating the child-care facility reasonable opportunity to apply for a license or an approval or a six-month permit, and, therefore, to meet the standards prescribed in this chapter. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §10.)
AL Code § 38-7-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-11 - Inspection of Facilities.

Section 38-7-11Inspection of facilities. The department shall have the right and its authorized representatives shall be afforded reasonable opportunity, to inspect any child-care facility seeking a license or an approval or a six-month permit pursuant to this chapter, any child-care facility seeking a renewal of a license or an approval or a six-month permit pursuant to this chapter and any child-care facility which is operating under a license or an approval or a six-month permit issued pursuant to this chapter. Such inspection shall include, but not be limited to, premises, services, personnel, program, accounts and records, interviews with agents and employees of the child-care facility being inspected and interviews with any child or other person within the custody or control of said child-care facility. Such inspection shall be made at any reasonable time, without prior notice, and as often as necessary to enforce and administer the provisions of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the department, through its agents, to conduct the inspections authorized hereinabove. If any such inspection of a licensed or approved child-care facility discloses any condition, deficiency, dereliction or abuse which is, or could be, hazardous to the health, the safety or the physical, moral or mental well-being of the children in the care of the child-care facility being inspected, the same shall at once be brought to the attention of the department, and the department shall have the power to revoke without notice the license or approval or six-month permit of such child-care facility. In this event, the child-care facility shall not operate during the pendency of any proceeding for fair hearing or judicial review, except under court order. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §11.)
AL Code § 38-7-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-12 - Advertisements.

Section 38-7-12Advertisements. A child-care facility licensed or approved or operating under a six-month permit issued by the department may publish advertisements of the services for which it is specifically licensed or approved or issued a permit under this chapter. No person, unless licensed or approved or holding a permit as a child-care facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child or children for care or placement or offering a child or children for care or placement. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §12.)
AL Code § 38-7-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-13 - Records to Be Kept by Child-Care Facility; Use and Disclosure of Information.

Section 38-7-13Records to be kept by child-care facility; use and disclosure of information. Every child-care facility shall keep and maintain such records as the department may prescribe pertaining to the admission, progress, health and discharge of children under the care of the facility. Records regarding children and facts learned about children and their relatives shall be kept confidential by the child-care facility and by the department. The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing the custody, use and disclosure of information in such records. Any person who has arrived at the age of 19 and who was placed by the department or by a licensed child-placing agency shall have the right to receive from the department or from the licensed child-placing agency information concerning his placement; except, that the name and address of a natural parent or relative shall be given by the department or the licensed child-placing agency only with the consent of said natural parent or relative. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §13.)
AL Code § 38-7-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-14 - Reports by Child-Care Facility.

Section 38-7-14Reports by child-care facility. Every child-care facility shall make reports to the department on forms prescribed by the department and at times required by the department, giving information pertaining to the children under care and such other facts as the department may require. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §14.)
AL Code § 38-7-14.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-14.1 - Educational Information on Influenza Disease and Vaccine.

Section 38-7-14.1Educational information on influenza disease and vaccine. (a) Not later than September 1, annually, each day care center shall provide educational information on influenza disease to the parent or legal guardian of each enrolled child. The educational information shall include, but need not be limited to, the causes and symptoms of influenza and the means by which it is spread; the risks associated with influenza; the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of the influenza vaccine; and the latest influenza vaccine recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (b) Nothing in this section shall require a day care center to provide or pay for any vaccination for influenza. (Act 2018-160, §1.)
AL Code § 38-7-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-16 - Penalties; Burden of Proof of Relationship.

Section 38-7-16Penalties; burden of proof of relationship. Any person, group of persons, association or corporation who:  (1) Conducts, operates or acts as a child-care facility without a license, or a six-month permit or an approval to do so in violation of the provisions of this chapter; (2) Makes materially false statements in order to obtain a license or permit; (3) Fails to keep the records and make the reports provided under this chapter; (4) Advertises any service not authorized by the license or permit held; (5) Publishes any advertisement in violation of this chapter; (6) Receives within this state any child in violation of Section 38-7-15; (7) Violates any other provision of this chapter or any reasonable rule or regulation adopted and published by the department for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter,  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or be imprisoned in the county jail not longer than one year, or both, and, in case of an association or corporation, imprisonment may be imposed upon its officers who knowingly participated in the violation. In a prosecution under this chapter, a defendant who relies upon the relationship of any child to himself has the burden of proof as to that relationship. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §16.)
AL Code § 38-7-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-17 - Duty of District Attorney to Enforce Chapter or Prosecute Violations.

Section 38-7-17Duty of district attorney to enforce chapter or prosecute violations. It shall be the duty of every district attorney or assistant district attorney within the circuit, county or other territory for which he is elected or appointed to institute action for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or to prosecute action for the violation of the provisions of this chapter, or both. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 4423, §17.)
AL Code § 38-7-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-18 - Mandatory State Subsidized Child Day-Care Services Program.

Section 38-7-18Mandatory state subsidized child day-care services program. (a) There is hereby provided a mandatory state subsidized child day-care services program within the Department of Human Resources for a minimum average of 6,500 eligible children at not less than the current Department of Human Resources payment rates for a payment-to-provider cost of not less than $8,600,000.00, annually, based on fiscal year ending September 30, 1987. (b) There is hereby provided, in addition to any and all other appropriations to the Department of Human Resources, a conditional appropriation of $2,400,000.00 from the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1987, to the Department of Human Resources, to provide child day-care services for an additional 1,800 eligible children. The appropriation herein provided is conditional upon the condition of the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund as ascertained by the Governor, and shall be released only upon orders of the Governor. (Acts 1987, No. 87-822, p. 1658, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 38-7-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-19 - Powers of Department as to Transitional Living Facilities.

Section 38-7-19Powers of department as to transitional living facilities. The Department of Human Resources may contract for utility services, purchase real or personal property, or enter into lease agreements for and may operate residences to be used as transitional living facilities to provide transitional living program services to an eligible child as defined in Section 38-7-2. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-904, p. 197, §2.)
AL Code § 38-7-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-20 - Employment in Day Care Center of Individual Under 19 Years of Age With Certain Credentials.

Section 38-7-20Employment in day care center of individual under 19 years of age with certain credentials.  Nothing in this chapter shall preclude an individual under the age of 19 years who has graduated from a high school with a Child Development Associate Credential from being employed by a day care center and counted in the staff-child ratio, as defined in subdivision (4) of Section 38-7-2. (Act 2016-354, §3.)
AL Code § 38-7-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7 - Child Care.|Section 38-7-21 - Licensing of Church, Religious Nonprofit Entity, or Religious Nonprofit School to Operate as Licensed Day Care Center.

Section 38-7-21Licensing of church, religious nonprofit entity, or religious nonprofit school to operate as licensed day care center. A church, religious nonprofit entity, or religious nonprofit school that has been operating a day care center or preschool program without a license prior to March 21, 2018 that chooses to become a licensed day care center under this chapter shall have 90 days from March 21, 2018 to come into compliance with all licensing requirements of this chapter and related rules adopted by the department, except the church, religious nonprofit entity, or religious nonprofit school shall not be required to meet minimum standards for licensed day care centers or nighttime centers relating to physical building design, size, and fixtures for existing construction. (Act 2018-278, §3.)
AL Code § 38-7A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7A - Child Care Commission.|Section 38-7A-1 - Commission Established.

Section 38-7A-1Commission established. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1993, No. 93-263, p. 398.)
AL Code § 38-7A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7A - Child Care Commission.|Section 38-7A-2 - Meetings; Expenses; Terms.

Section 38-7A-2Meetings; expenses; terms. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1993, No. 93-263, p. 398.)
AL Code § 38-7A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7A - Child Care Commission.|Section 38-7A-3 - Responsibilities.

Section 38-7A-3Responsibilities. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1993, No. 93-263, p. 398.)
AL Code § 38-7A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7A - Child Care Commission.|Section 38-7A-4 - Public Hearings; Annual Report.

Section 38-7A-4Public hearings; annual report. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1993, No. 93-263, p. 398.)
AL Code § 38-7B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 7B - Licensed Day Care Evacuation Plan.|Section 38-7B-1 - Evacuation Plan.

Section 38-7B-1Evacuation plan.  (a) A licensed day care center shall have a written plan for evacuation in the event of fire, natural disaster, or other threatening situation that may pose a health or safety hazard to the children in the center. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) A designated relocation site and evacuation route. (2) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family reunification. (3) Procedures to address the needs of individual children including children with special needs. (4) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties, as appropriate. (5) Coordination with local emergency management officials. (6) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the components of the plan for evacuation. (b) A licensed day care center shall update the plan for evacuation by December 31 of each year. (c) A licensed day care center shall retain an updated copy of the plan for evacuation, provide an updated copy to appropriate local emergency management officials, and provide a copy to the parent, custodian, or guardian of each child at the time of the child's enrollment in the day care center and when the plan is updated. (Act 2009-456, p. 794, §1.)
AL Code § 38-8-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 8 - Relief and Support of Poor Persons by Counties.|Section 38-8-1 - Powers of County Commission Generally.

Section 38-8-1Powers of county commission generally. The county commission of each county shall have jurisdiction, power and authority necessary and proper for the relief and support of the poor of its county, including the power to acquire and hold property and employ persons necessary therefor, and payment therefor shall be made out of county funds. (Code 1907, §1599; Code 1923, §2788; Acts 1927, No. 476, p. 521; Code 1940, T. 44, §1.)
AL Code § 38-8-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 8 - Relief and Support of Poor Persons by Counties.|Section 38-8-2 - Burial of Persons Dying With No Estate, Etc.

Section 38-8-2Burial of persons dying with no estate, etc. Upon the decease of any person having no estate and leaving no relatives in the county with the ability or estate adequate to defray his necessary burial expenses, such necessary burial expenses are a charge upon the county in which such death shall take place, and the county commission, upon the presentation of the account of such burial expenses shall make payment therefor. (Code 1867, §§1466, 1467; Code 1876, §§1747, 1748; Code 1886, §§1472, 1473; Code 1896, §§3240, 3241; Code 1907, §§1612, 1613; Code 1923, §§2790, 2801, 2802; Code 1940, T. 44, §§15, 16.)
AL Code § 38-8-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 8 - Relief and Support of Poor Persons by Counties.|Section 38-8-3 - Other or Further Provisions by Counties.

Section 38-8-3Other or further provisions by counties. The county commission of each county shall have the power and authority, with the approval of the State Department of Human Resources and security, to make other or further provision for the care of the poor of the county. The disbursement of funds for this purpose shall be made through agencies and in such manner as may be approved by the State Department of Human Resources. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 283; Code 1940, T. 44, §18.)
AL Code § 38-9-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 9 - Protection of Aged Adults or Adults With a Disability.|Section 38-9-1 - Short Title.

Section 38-9-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Adult Protective Services Act of 1976. (Acts 1977, No. 780, p. 1340, §1.)
AL Code § 38-9-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 38 - Public Welfare.|Chapter 9 - Protection of Aged Adults or Adults With a Disability.|Section 38-9-3 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

Section 38-9-3Legislative findings and intent. The legislature recognizes that there are many adult citizens of the state who, because of the infirmities of age, disabilities or like incapacities, are in need of protective services. Such services should, to the maximum degree of feasibility, allow the individual the same rights as other citizens, and at the same time protect the individual from exploitation, neglect, abuse and degrading treatment. This chapter is designed to establish those services and assure their availability to all persons when in need of them, and to place the least possible restriction on personal liberty and exercise of constitutional rights consistent with due process and protection from abuse, exploitation and neglect. (Acts 1977, No. 780, p. 1340, §1.)