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(a) If an orientation and pre-service training program is available in the community, the licensing representative may require an applicant for a license to operate an agency under this chapter to attend the program. If the applicant does not complete any required program, the licensing representative shall suspend processing the application, until the requirement is met. (b) An applicant for a license to operate an agency under this chapter shall

(1) submit the application on forms provided by the department, including the release forms specified in (4) of this subsection;

(2) comply with statutes and regulations setting out department procedures;

(3) initiate the application in the name of the individual or legal entity responsible for the operation of the agency; and

(4) submit release forms completed by the administrator or candidate to be the administrator of the agency; the release forms shall authorize the licensing representative to

(A) review criminal justice information;

(B) review protective service records;

(D) request a health, probation, or mental health evaluation, if considered necessary by the department to evaluate whether the administrator or candidate to be the administrator of the agency meets the requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter; and

(E) share this information with the applicant for a license or licensee, to the extent permitted by state or federal law. (c) An application for a license to operate an agency must contain the following items, as applicable to each type of child placement:

(1) repealed 7/1/2022;

(2) a copy of enabling legislation, charter, partnership agreement, constitution, or articles of incorporation for the applicant, if the applicant is a legal entity; (3) the phone number and electronic mail address, if any, of the agency and of the applicant, including each person who has an ownership or management interest in the agency;

(4) the name, address, phone number, electronic mail address, if any, and title of the chief executive officer of the unit or subunit of government, if the applicant is a government unit;

(5) names, phone numbers, electronic mail addresses, if any, and mailing addresses of four references for the applicant;

(6) the information and other items required to request a background check under 7 AAC 10.910 for each person for whom a background check is required under AS 47.05.300 —

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(1) submit the application on forms provided by the department, including the release forms specified in (4) of this subsection;

(2) comply with statutes and regulations setting out department procedures;

(3) initiate the application in the name of the individual or legal entity responsible for the operation of the agency; and

(4) submit release forms completed by the administrator or candidate to be the administrator of the agency; the release forms shall authorize the licensing representative to

(A) review criminal justice information;

(B) review protective service records;

(1) repealed 7/1/2022;

(4) the name, address, phone number, electronic mail address, if any, and title of the chief executive officer of the unit or subunit of government, if the applicant is a government unit;

(5) names, phone numbers, electronic mail addresses, if any, and mailing addresses of four references for the applicant;

(6) the information and other items required to request a background check under 7 AAC 10.910 for each person for whom a background check is required under AS 47.05.300 —