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Registry (NCIC) criminal history background checks for new household members eighteen (18) years of age or older, new substitute(s), new emergency person(s), and new staff who are regularly present during the hours of operation and new volunteers. The fingerprint reviews required by this subsection are required to be repeated every five years for the operator, staff, household members, substitutes, emergency persons, and volunteers; (c) Submit an original DSS 2924, Central Registry for Release of Information and Compliance Statement, which includes a check of the national sex offender registry, on the operator and household members eighteen (18) years of age and older, substitute and regular caregiver(s), emergency person(s), staff who are regularly present during the hours of operation and volunteers along with the appropriate fee for South Carolina and for each state where such staff or household member resided during the preceding five years; (d) Submit completed DSS 2909, Consumer Parent Statements signed by the parents/guardians of all children enrolled in care stating that they have been furnished a copy of the regulations; and (e) Ensure all caregivers have the required training. (4) The Department shall review the registration renewal materials and: (a) Issue a regular registration if all regulatory requirements have been met; and (b) Mail the registration directly to the operator; or (c) If the application for family child care home does not meet all requirements or regulations, place the operator on a corrective action plan or deny the application for registration renewal. (5) Denial of Application to Renew Registration of a Family Child Care Home (a) If the Department denies an application for renewal of a registration, the Department shall give the applicant written notice by certified or registered mail indicating the reason(s) for the denial and the right of the applicant to appeal the decision in accordance with the Department’s fair hearing regulations. (b) The applicant has thirty (30) days from receipt of the notification of denial of their application to appeal the decision. If no written appeal is made, the application shall be deemed denied as of the termination of the thirty-day period. (c) If a family child care home is found to be in operation after the Department has denied the application to renew a registration and the administrative appeal procedure has been completed, the Department shall pursue an injunctive action. C. Provisions of a Registration. (1) Registration issued by the Department to a family child care home operator shall be valid for one year from date of issuance, unless withdrawn by the Department or voluntarily surrendered by the operator. If the family child care home ceases operation, the registration shall be returned to the Department within thirty (30) days of family child care home closure. (2) Registered family child care homes shall comply with all zoning ordinances and requirements. (3) The current registration shall be displayed in a prominent location at all times and the registration number shall be stated in all advertisements of the family child care home. (4) The registration shall state the name of the operator, the address, the type of family child care home, the date on which the registration was issued and will expire, and the maximum number of children to be present in the family child care home during operating hours. (5) The number of children present in the family child care home during operating hours shall not exceed the number specified on the registration. (6) A change in location shall automatically void the registration. The registration cannot be transferred nor sold from one individual to another. (7) The Department shall withdraw the registration if: (a) The health and safety of the children is determined to be at risk or threat of harm; (b) The operator cares for more children than the number stated in the registration; (c) The operator fails to comply with the registration procedures defined in statute and these regulations;