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Code of Alabama

Chapter 7

Ala. Code § 38-7 et seq.

Child Care

38-7-1Short Title.38-7-2Definitions.38-7-3License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Requirements; Recordkeeping; Parental Notifications, Etc.; Affidavits; Inspections and Investigations.38-7-4License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Application; Investigation; Application to Operate Foster Family Home May Be Made to Licensed Child-Placing Agency.38-7-5License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Issuance and Term; Temporary Permits; Provisional Approval of Home; Preferential Treatment of Family Members Concerning Placement of Children.38-7-6License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Renewal; Reexamination; Renewal of Approval of Boarding Home.38-7-7License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Department to Establish Minimum Standards for Licensing; Factors to Be Considered; Children in Need of Special Treatment; Department to Offer Consultation.38-7-7.1Ala. Code § 38-7-7.1 (2026)38-7-8License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Grounds.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.38-7-10License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Investigation of Operation Without License; Report to Attorney General for Prosecution.38-7-11Inspection of Facilities.38-7-12Advertisements.38-7-13Records to Be Kept by Child-Care Facility; Use and Disclosure of Information.38-7-14Reports by Child-Care Facility.38-7-14.1Educational Information on Influenza Disease and Vaccine.38-7-15Conditions Precedent to Bringing Child into State for Purposes of Adoption or Placement in Child-Care Facility.38-7-16Penalties; Burden of Proof of Relationship.38-7-17Duty of District Attorney to Enforce Chapter or Prosecute Violations.38-7-18Mandatory State Subsidized Child Day-Care Services Program.38-7-19Powers of Department as to Transitional Living Facilities.38-7-20Employment in Day Care Center of Individual Under 19 Years of Age with Certain Credentials.38-7-21Licensing of Church, Religious Nonprofit Entity, or Religious Nonprofit School to Operate as Licensed Day Care Center.38-7-22Ala. Code § 38-7-22 (2026)