(a)

1. (1) Each facility shall submit an annual license fee as long as the facility is in compliance with this part.

2. (2)

   1. (A) A facility license fee is determined by combining the maximum license capacity of all licenses located within the same premises.
   2. (B) Facilities serving up to seventeen (17) children have a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per year.
   3. (C) Facilities serving seventeen (17) to ninety-nine (99) children have a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year.
   4. (D) Facilities serving one hundred (100) or more children have a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) per year.

(e) The fee schedule shall apply to all childcare facility recommendations for licensure as follows:

1. (1) New provisional license.

   1. (A) A provisional license for a new operation to be issued for a period of twelve (12) months.
   2. (B) A one-year license fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of a provisional license;
2. (2) New regular license or conversion from provisional to regular status. A license fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of a new license; and
3. (3) Conversion to provisional status. No license fee is due for licenses converted to provisional status during the term of a regular license.

(f)

1. (1) A second Notice of License Fee Due will be sent to facilities failing to submit the required license fee (Notice of License Fee Past Due).
2. (2) This notice will be sent twenty (20) days after the initial notice of fee due.
3. (3) Failure to submit a license fee within twenty (20) days of receipt of the past due notice will result in action to suspend the license until such time as the fee is paid.

(g)

1. (1) Refunds of license fees paid are made only when the office does not approve issuance of a license.
2. (2) There shall be no refunds of license fees paid for voluntary closure of a facility or for office action to revoke or suspend a license.

(h)

1. (1) All license fees paid to the office shall be deposited in a special childcare provider’s fund.
2. (2) This fund shall be used to meet the cost of conducting statewide criminal record checks, with the remaining money used for training or materials to be loaned to childcare providers.