2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §36-893  Legal action or sale; effect on licensure

A. The department shall not accept an application for licensure of a currently licensed day care center while any enforcement or court action related to day care center licensure is pending against that center's current licensee.

B. The director may continue to pursue any court, administrative or enforcement action against the licensee even though the center is in the process of being sold or transferred to a new owner.

C. The department shall not approve a change in center ownership unless it determines that there has been a transfer of all legal and equitable interests, control and authority in the center so that persons other than the transferring licensee, that licensee's agent or other parties exercising authority or supervision over the center's daily operations or staff are responsible for and have control over the center.