{"data":{"id":"us-il/225-ilcs-10-4.01","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"225 ILCS 10/4.01","heading":"License requirement; application; notice; Department of Early Childhood.","body":"(a) Any early care and education provider who provides care and education services must apply for a license to operate one of the types of early care and education providers defined in Sections 2.09, 2.18, and 2.20 or, for providers that offer programs described in subsection (d-10) of Section 3, must comply with the requirements to be registered as a Recognized Alternative Provider.\n(b) Application for a license to operate an early care and education center, early care and education home, or group early care and education home must be made to the Department of Early Childhood in the manner and on forms prescribed by it.\n(c) If, upon examination of the early care and education provider and investigation of persons responsible for care of children, the Department of Early Childhood is satisfied that the provider and responsible persons reasonably meet standards prescribed for the type of provider for which application is made, including health and safety standards, facility standards, staffing standards, nutrition standards, and other standards prescribed by the Department of Early Childhood, it shall issue a license in proper form, designating on that license the type of early care and education provider and the number of children to be served at any one time.","path":["CHAPTER 225 PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS","Child Care Act of 1969."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1293\u0026ChapterID=24\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:31Z","sha256":"cb1f6f5b09a3c4a73f88c3a48fa729e3db8f34e64913c13fa1a466743cdb8011","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/225-ilcs-10-4","next":"us-il/225-ilcs-10-4.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}