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Description

Permission is generally required for all day care facilities in which children are cared for all day or for part of the day.

The day care facilities requiring a permit include:

• Crèches
• Kindergartens
• Day nurseries
• Mixed-age facilities (houses for children)
• Short-term care (facilities requiring operating permits)
• "Networks for children" facilities

The operating permit may be subject to ancillary provisions and conditions and is generally only granted after a thorough examination of the local circumstances.

Prerequisites

Permission is to be granted if the welfare of the children in the day care facility is guaranteed. This is generally assumed to be the case if

• the spatial, professional, economic and staffing requirements for operation, which correspond to the purpose and concept of the facility, are met,
• social and linguistic integration and a health-promoting living environment are supported in the facility, and preventive health care and medical care for children and adolescents are not impeded, and
• appropriate procedures for participation and the possibility of complaints in personal matters are applied to safeguard the rights of children and juveniles in the facility.

Procedure

The application must be submitted in writing to the district administrative authority (Landratsamt or municipal administration) or, in the case of child day-care facilities run by independent municipalities, to the government. This authority then examines - if necessary also by visiting the premises - whether the requirements for the granting of the operating licence are met.

Special notes

According to the requirements of the individual case, the competent professionals have the right and the duty (also unannounced) to check the ongoing operation of the facility, in particular in the event of danger. The competent authority must be notified of the commencement (and imminent closure) of the operation of a facility requiring a permit, stating the name and address of the provider, the type and location of the facility, the number of places available and the names and professional training of the manager and care staff. Any changes and the number of places occupied shall be notified once a year.

Deadlines

none

Required documents

• current concept
• Floor plans with square meter specifications and functional description
• Statutes of the executing agency
• Evidence of formal qualifications of management
• Extended certificate of good conduct of the facility management
• Rental agreement
• Surrender contract
• Usage agreement for dual use
• Building permit (including change of use/fire protection)
• Childcare contract

Forms

Please select a location in "Localization" so that the address of the responsible authority can be filled in.

• Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide: Antrag auf Betriebserlaubnis für Kindertageseinrichtungen nach § 45 SGB VIII

  Please note

  This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

  wenn Kindertageseinrichtung in Trägerschaft einer kreisfreien Stadt

Fees

• none

Legal bases

• § 45 Sozialgesetzbuch VIII (SGB VIII)

  Erlaubnis für den Betrieb einer Einrichtung

• Art. 9 Bayerisches Gesetz zur Bildung, Erziehung und Betreuung von Kindern in Kindergärten, anderen Kindertageseinrichtungen und in Tagespflege (Bayerisches Kinderbildungs- und -betreuungsgesetz - BayKiBiG)
• Rahmenbedingungen und rechtliche Grundlagen für die Kindertagesbetreuung in Bayern

  Informationen des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales

Remedy

An appeal or administrative court action may be brought against the decision on the application for an operating licence.

Related issues

• Homes for minors; notification of commencement of operation, imminent closure and special events
• Homes for minors; application for an operating license.
• Child day care facilities; request for staff approval.
• Child day care facilities; notification of child care not requiring an operating license.
• Child day care; application for a care permit