The reaccreditation (relicensing) procedure of social services is carried out under the conditions of Law no. 197/2012 regarding ensuring quality in the field of social services, with subsequent amendments, and is provided in G.D. no. 118/2014 for the approval of the Methodological Norms for the application of the provisions of Law no.197/2012, with its subsequent amendments and completions, Chapter II, Section 2 - Accreditation of social services.

Obtaining a new license for social services whose operating license is about to expire entails:

a) evaluation of the social service, based on the supporting documents submitted by the provider and the field evaluation report, made during the process of monitoring compliance with the minimum standards;

b) issuance of the operating license, only if the field evaluation report confirms full compliance with the minimum standards, as well as the concordance of the data presented in the supporting documents and the self-evaluation form with the reality in the field;

c) if the field evaluation report records issues regarding non-compliance with the minimum standards, and these are not remedied within the established deadlines, the proposed measure can be suspension of the social service's operation or, as the case may be, withdrawal of the operating license, followed by the deletion of the service from the Unified Electronic Register of Social Services.

The provider is obligated to request the issuance of a new operating license for the social service at least 60 days before the operating license expires.

Reaccreditation of social services is carried out based on the data and information contained in the supporting documents in the existing accreditation file, the monitoring report (Annex 13 to G.D. no. 118/2014), the reaccreditation application for the social service (Annex 7), as well as the reaccreditation notification (Annex no. 19 to G.D. no. 118/2014).

The reaccreditation notification is requested from the territorial agency by the social service provider up to a maximum of 30 calendar days before the date of submitting or sending the reaccreditation file to the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection or, as the case may be, to its subordinate institutions, namely the National Authority for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Children and Adoptions (ANPDCA), the National Agency for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (ANES).

For the purpose of obtaining a new license for the social service, the most recent inspection mission, scheduled according to the provisions of art. 24 para. (2) of Law no. 197/2012, is carried out in a period of maximum 3 months before the operating license expiration date.

The monitoring report, compiled during the inspection mission, is completed by social inspectors according to the model used for the evaluation report, provided in Annex no. 13, and is drawn up in 3 copies. Two original copies of the monitoring report remain with the social service provider.

In cases where providers consider that the proposals to reject the application for the licensing of the social service, as well as those regarding the withdrawal of the provisional or operating license, formulated by social inspectors in the evaluation/monitoring reports, hereinafter referred to as initial reports, do not reflect reality, they may contest, in writing, the evaluation report, requesting a new field evaluation. The request for re-evaluation is sent to the social inspection department within the National Agency, within a maximum of 3 days from the date of the initial report. If the reasons presented in the re-evaluation request are justified, within a maximum of 10 days from the registration of the re-evaluation request, the director of the social inspection organizes an evaluation/monitoring mission in the field at the headquarters of the social service that is the subject of the request and a new evaluation/monitoring report is drawn up, hereinafter referred to as the re-evaluation report.

If it is found that the data included in the initial report correspond to the reality in the field, it is sent, together with the re-evaluation report, to the accreditation department for preparing the documentation for the withdrawal or rejection of the application for the provisional or operating license for the re-evaluated social service.

If it is found that the minimum standards have been met by the re-evaluated social service, the re-evaluation report is sent to the accreditation department, in order to continue the accreditation/reaccreditation procedure.

The reaccreditation file of the service can be sent electronically in non-editable format to the e-mail address acreditare@mmuncii.gov.ro, can be submitted directly to the ministry's registry or can be sent by post, with acknowledgment of receipt, 60 calendar days before the previous license expiry date. A copy of the reaccreditation application form for the service is also sent to the accreditation department's e-mail address on the date of submission or mailing of the reaccreditation file for the service.

Based on the monitoring report and the requested supporting documents, the evaluator drafts the reaccreditation decision, according to the model provided in Annex no. 20. The reaccreditation decision together with the operating license form granted for the next 5 years from the expiry date of the previous license are sent for approval to the management of MMPS, respectively the management of ANPDCA, ANES.

The accreditation department, within a maximum of 15 days from the approval of the operating license, communicates to the provider, by fax or e-mail, the approval of the reaccreditation of the social service and records in the Register the identification data of the operating license.

The reaccredited social service provider can take possession of the original operating license, under the conditions provided in art.11 para. (5).

The legislative framework regarding the accreditation/reaccreditation of social services can be viewed on the MMPS website, by accessing the link http://www.mmuncii.ro/j33/index.php/ro/2014-domenii/familie/politici-familiale-incluziune-si-asistenta-sociala/4849