(a) Application packets.  Application packets, which include the appropriate licensing requirements and application forms, are provided to potential licensees upon request.  • 1  This packet includes:

(1) Form 07C040E, Request for License – Child Placing Agency, Residential Child Care, and Children's Shelter;

(2) form Form 07LC041E, Staff Information - Child Care Facility; and

(3) Form 07LC043, Child Placing Agency Compliance Review, or Form 07LC056E, Residential Child Care Facility Compliance Review, as applicable.  • 2

(b) Receipt of application.  Upon receipt of the application packet to Oklahoma Child Care Services, the case is assigned a license number and a file is set up.  • 3  Contact is made by phone every two months and documented on Form 07LC080E, Licensing Services Supplemental Information, when children have not been accepted into care.  • 4

(c) Permission to operate. The facility may be granted permission to operate on application status. If the licensing staff determines that an applicant is temporarily unable to comply with all licensing requirements, but the services are needed and the non-compliance does not place children at risk of imminent harm, these situations are staffed with Programs Manager for permission to operate. Permission to operate can not exceed 30 days.

(d) Reopening a residential child care facility or child-placing agency.  A new application must be completed when a residential facility or child-placing agency that has been closed is reopened.

(e) Computer checks.  Computer checks to identify prior involvement with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) are completed on required persons as in accordance with OAC 340:110-1-51. 

(f) Withdrawal of application.  If a residential child care facility or child-placing agency applicant wishes to withdraw the application prior to issuance of a license and the licensing staff confirms that no children are in care, the licensing staff closes the case.