Title: Tennessee Licensing Standards For Family Child Care Homes - Daycare.com
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Content: See Appendix A for summary of applicable laws.) The Tennessee Department of Human Services has responsibility for licensing all such agencies offering child care to groups of children. (5) Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the following definitions are applicable: (a) Annual License. An annual permit issued by the Department to a child welfare agency or to a child care system central operator, authorizing the licensee to provide child care in accordance with provisions of the license, the law, and requirements (rules) of the Department. Issuance of a license is not an endorsement of child care methods or of an agency's operational philosophy. A license is not transferable from one location to another or from one licensee/operator to another. (b) Approved Day Care Home. An approved day care home is a day care home which is related through contractual or employment arrangements to a central operator.