Creche - Licença de funcionamento


To grant an operating licence to social support establishments aimed to carry out day nursery activities and services within the scope of Social Security. These establishments are intended for children up to the age of three.

The day nursery may start its activity after the respective operating license is granted or when a provisional operating authorisation is issued, in cases where all the operating conditions required for the license granting are not fulfilled but one can foresee that these conditions are going to be met.

Procedure and requirements

Procedure

Procedure


Description:


1– The competent authority registers and makes a preliminary analysis of the application.

2 and 3 – The competent authority, after confirming that the application is dully completed, makes the respective analysis according to the legislation and regulations.

4 and 5 – The competent authority, after confirming that the application meets all the legal and regulatory requirements, approves the application, issues the license/authorization, calculates the charges and notifies the applicant of the approval and of the amount to pay. If the application does not meet the legal and regulatory requirements, the application procedure continues as described in number 11.
6 – If the application is not dully completed, the competent authority notifies the applicant to deliver the missing elements within ten (10) days, under penalty of a preliminary rejection.

7, 8, 9 and 10 – If the applicant gives an answer within ten (10) days and delivers the missing elements, the application procedure continues as described in number 3. If the applicant does not answer within the time limit or does not deliver the necessary elements, the competent authority makes a preliminary rejection of the application, notifies the applicant of that order and closes the file.

11 – If, during the analysis, the competent authority concludes that the application does not meet all the legal and regulatory requirements, that authority notifies the applicant in preliminary hearing of the intention to reject the application and waits 10 (ten) days.

12,13 and 14 – If, during the preliminary hearing, the applicant does not take any action or his answer and elements submitted do not change the communicated decision, the competent authority rejects the application, notifies the applicant of that order and closes the file. When the applicant gives an answer and presents elements that change the communicated decision, the application procedure continues as described in number 3.

Competent Entity

Instituto da Segurança Social

Address: Avenida 5 de outubro n.º 175 1069-451 Lisboa

Phone number: 300 502 502

Web url: http://www.seg-social.pt/inicio

Operation hours

  • Working days, from 9am to 6pm.