2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 1 - Care and Protection of Children › 378 - Form, Duration and Limitation of Certificates and Licenses.

§  378. Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses. 1.
  Certificates or licenses to receive, board  or  keep  any  child  and/or
  minor  shall be in the form prescribed and provided by the department to
  the effect that such person is regarded by the issuing authorized agency
  or social services department, as the case may be, as maintaining a home
  suitable for the care of children and/or minors and specifying the name,
  address, and religious faith of the person to whom issued, the number of
  children and/or minors for whom such person is certified or licensed  to
  care and such other information as the department may require.
2. Such certificates and licenses shall be valid for not more than two
  years  after  date  of  issue  but may be renewed or extended subject to
  regulations established by the office of children and family services.
3. No such license shall permit the reception for board of  more  than
  six  children and if there are children not received for board living in
  the home of a person to whom such license is issued, whether children of
  such person or otherwise, the sum of the number of such children and  of
  the  number  of  children  permitted  to  be  received for board by such
  license shall not exceed six, excepting, however, that such license  may
  permit  the  reception for board of additional children if such children
  (a) are siblings or half-siblings, or are siblings or half-siblings of a
  child living in the home, (b) are children freed for adoption as defined
  in subdivision (b) of section one thousand eighty-seven  of  the  family
  court  act,  and  have  been placed for adoption with the person to whom
  such license is issued, or (c) are minor parents who are foster children
  and the minor parents' children.
4. No such certificate shall permit the reception for  board  of  more
  than six children and/or minors and if there are children under thirteen
  years  of age not received for board living in the home of the person to
  whom such certificate is issued, whether  children  of  such  person  or
  otherwise,  the  total  number  of  such  children  and of the number of
  children and/or minors permitted  to  be  received  for  board  by  such
  certificate   shall  not  exceed  six,  excepting,  however,  that  such
  certificate may permit the reception for board of up to  two  additional
  children  if  such  children  (a)  are siblings or half-siblings, or are
  siblings or half-siblings of  a  child  living  in  the  home,  (b)  are
  children freed for adoption as defined in subdivision (b) of section one
  thousand  eighty-seven of the family court act, and have been placed for
  adoption with the person to whom such certificate is issued, or (c)  are
  minor parents who are foster children and the minor parents' children.
5.  The  department shall establish and may alter or amend regulations
  governing the issuing and revocation of such licenses  and  certificates
  and prescribing standards, records, accommodations and equipment for the
  care  of  children  and/or  minors  received  under  such  licenses  and
  certificates.