New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Chapter 54 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR FAMILY CHILD CARE REGISTRATION › Subchapter 5 - PROVIDER REGISTRATION AND OPERATION PROCEDURES › Section 3A:54-5.2 - Application for registration

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An applicant for an
				initial or renewal Certificate of Registration shall submit to the sponsoring
				organization a completed application form, which shall include:
1. The provider applicant's name, address and
				telephone number;
2. A statement
				indicating:
i. The provider applicant, the
				alternate provider, if any, and the substitute provider are at least 18 years of
				age; and
ii. The provider assistant, if
				any, is at least 14 years of age;
3. A list of all adults residing in the provider
				applicant's household;
4. The number and
				ages of all children under 18 years of age residing in the provider applicant's
				household;
5. The hours in which the
				provider applicant plans to provide child care;
6. The name, address and telephone number of the
				provider assistant and the alternate provider, if any, and the substitute
				provider;
7. A statement from the
				provider applicant indicating that all pets are domesticated, free from disease,
				non-aggressive and meet all applicable State and local codes or ordinances
				pertaining to the keeping of pets and, as applicable:
i. All household pets shall be vaccinated;
				and
ii. Proof of current vaccination(s)
				as documented by a veterinarian shall be kept on the premises;
8. An indication as to whether the provider
				applicant wishes to be listed with either or both of the following:
i. The New Jersey Child Care Resource and Referral
				System; and
ii. A list of registered
				providers that is available to the public through the Office of Licensing;
9. A disclosure of information about
				and circumstances surrounding any previous denial, suspension, revocation or
				nonrenewal of a Certificate of Registration as a family child care provider in New
				Jersey or of a license, certificate or other approval as a family child care
				provider in any other state; and
10. A
				disclosure of the presence or absence of criminal convictions by the provider
				applicant, the substitute provider, all members of the provider's household, and any
				individual who frequents the home on an intermittent basis, who are at least 14
				years old, and the alternate provider and the provider assistant, if any, and any
				individual who expects to remain in the home longer than 15 consecutive days, or on
				a frequent intermittent basis.
i. Evidence of
				conviction of a crime, in itself, shall not automatically preclude an individual
				from serving as a provider, provider assistant, alternate provider or substitute
				provider, and shall not automatically result in denying the application or revoking,
				suspending or refusing to renew the Certificate of Registration. Such determination
				shall be made on a case by case basis, in keeping with the provisions of the State
				Rehabilitated Convicted Offenders Act (2A:168A-1 et seq.) which
				provides that a person convicted of a crime may not be disqualified or discriminated
				against by a licensing authority unless the conviction relates adversely to the
				occupation, trade, vocation, profession or business for which a license is
				sought.
ii. The provider shall notify
				the sponsoring organization by the end of the sponsoring organization's next
				business day of any criminal conviction(s) during the three-year registration period
				by the provider, the substitute provider, a member of the provider's household who
				is at least 14 years old, and the alternate provider and the provider assistant, if
				any.