{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-5b-9","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:5B-9","heading":"Denial, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew licenses","body":"The department may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license for good cause, including, but not limited to:\na.  Failure of a child care center or its sponsor to comply with the provisions of this act;\nb.  Violation of the terms and conditions of a license by a child care center or its sponsor;\nc.  Use of fraud or misrepresentation by a child care center or its sponsor  in obtaining a license or in the subsequent operation of the center;\nd.  Refusal by a center or its sponsor to furnish the department with required files, reports or records;\ne.  Refusal by a center or its sponsor to permit an inspection by an authorized representative of the department during normal operating hours;\nf.  Any conduct, engaged in or permitted, which adversely affects or presents a serious hazard to the education, health, safety and general well-being and physical and intellectual development of a child attending the child care center, or which otherwise demonstrates unfitness to operate a child  care center;\ng.  Failure to provide a developmental or age-appropriate program that meets  the physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs of the children in the  center as set forth by regulation; or\nh.\tFailure of a child care center or its sponsor to comply with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1998, c.35 (C.30:5B-5.3).\nL.1983, c. 492, s. 9; amended 1998,c.35,s.2..","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"ea4a98d3b281fba04ae62a948d8e0d6be882a12615a66a59ae6c9bce84ab64f8","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-5b-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-5b-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}