Verify a Alabama Childcare Provider / Center license

liveAL Childcare / Teacher Licensing · profession key childcare_provider

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How Alabama Childcare Provider / Center license verification works

A Childcare Provider / Center in Alabama is licensed by the AL Childcare / Teacher Licensing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: licensee facility status director capacity ages hours star_rating address accreditations adverse_actions substantiated_complaints reports.

Board note: childcare_provider via AL-DHR-DAYCARE: DHR Day Care Directory (ASP.NET WebForms, plain httpx; LinkButton2 postback search by licensee 'LAST, FIRST' / facility name, county, zip, type C/F/G, licensed/exempt) → daycare_results.aspx?ID=<directory id> detail (Licensee, Facility, Status Licensed/Exempt, Director, capacity, ages, hours, Quality STAR rating, address, accreditations, adverse actions, substantiated complaints, evaluation/deficiency reports). No licence number is printed: the directory id is the claim number. Verified only when the claimant is the printed Licensee/Director; home (capacity ≤12) held by someone else → discrepancy; center otherwise → ambiguous_match; Exempt status → match None + flag. Teachers are ALSDE certification (not covered).

What a Childcare Provider / Center license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Childcare Provider / Center license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a Alabama Childcare Provider / Center license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "AL", "profession": "childcare_provider", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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