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(28) Volunteer: An individual parent, grandparent, other professional or skilled individual artist or crafts person at least 16 years of age infrequently assisting with the daily activities for children in a child care center who provides services without compensation and who is supervised by staff at all times when providing direct care to children. An individual meeting this definition is not required to undergo a fingerprint background check or health screening and is not counted in staff:child ratios. HISTORY: Amended by State Register Volume 19, Issue No. 5, May 26, 1995, by 114-515 eff 180 days after final publication in State Register; State Register Volume 29, Issue No. 6, eff June 24, 2005. 114–512. Procedures. A. Licensing (1) Any person, corporation, partnership, voluntary association or other organization, whether private or public, may secure information about the licensing process by contacting staff of the State or Regional Child Care Licensing Office. (2) An application for a license shall be completed on appropriate Department forms and shall be signed by the operator. The Department representative shall provide the applicant with the required number of forms, a copy of current group child care home regulations, a copy of Section 20–7–2700 et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), and a copy of Sections of the Children’s Code related to child abuse and neglect with an explanation of procedures and information required by the Department. The Department representative shall request in writing that health and fire officials make inspections of the home. (3) After giving the applicant at least two working days notice, Department staff shall arrange a licensing study during an on-site visit to the proposed group child care home to determine compliance with applicable regulations. (4) Health and fire officials shall inspect the group child care home to determine compliance with appropriate regulations and shall put in writing on appropriate forms the results of their inspections. (5) The Department shall review the completed application form, completed licensing inspection report, completed health and fire inspection reports, current child abuse and criminal history background records checks, written policies and other information specified by the Department to make a determination of issuance or non-issuance of a license and shall take one of the following actions: (a) Issue a regular license if all the provisions of the regulations and statute for the operation of a group child care home have been met; (b) Issue a provisional license with an accompanying correction notice if one or more violations have been cited which do not seriously threaten the health, safety or well-being of children; or (c) Deny the issuance of a license if one or more violations seriously threaten the health, safety, or well being of the children. (6) Failure of Department staff, except as provided by statute, to approve or deny any complete application within ninety days shall result in the granting of a provisional license. (7) If a license is issued, the Department staff shall mail the license directly to the operator. (8) The license shall state clearly the name of the operator, the address and type of child care facility, the date on which the license was issued and will expire, and the maximum number of children to be present in the group child care home at any one time. (9) Department staff shall notify the operator as follows if a provisional license is issued or an application for a license is denied: (a) If a provisional license is issued, the Department shall notify the operator in writing of violations to be corrected. The violations shall be cited by regulation number and shall include a form issued by the Department for the operator to complete a written plan to correct each violation as approved by the Department; or (b) If a license is denied, the Department shall give the applicant written notice by certified mail indicating the reason(s) for the denial or suspension and inform the operator of the right to appeal the decision through administrative channels to the Department and according to established