Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:5B-6

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. Any person operating a child care center on the effective date of this act or desiring to operate a child care center shall make application in the manner and on the forms prescribed by the commissioner. The license application form shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following information:

the name and address of the child care center, its sponsor, the staff, the qualifications of the staff members, each member of the board of directors of the corporation, the child care center operator if different from the sponsor, a description of the center’s premises, facilities and programs, the number and age of children to be enrolled in the center and the hours of its operation.

b. If a child care center meets the requirements of this act and of the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, the department shall issue a license to the center. A license shall be valid for a period of three years and may be renewed at the end of that period, subject to continued compliance with the provisions of this act.

L.1983, c. 492, s. 6.