November 2010

Licensing staff provide information about the licensing process to:

• potential applicants and applicants for a child care permit; and
• operations that hold child care permits.

Trained volunteers may also provide the information.

Texas Human Resources Code §42.047

Procedure

If an applicant seeks a permit for a child care operation that is already operating, Licensing staff:

1. inform the applicant that he or she is operating in violation of Human Resources Code, Chapter 42;
2. cite the appropriate section of the law; and
3. update in the Child Care Licensing Automated Support System (CLASS) the existing record for the illegal operation to maintain the operation number and history.

Texas Human Resources Code §§42.041; 42.052(a),(c),(d)