(a) Any person, group of persons, corporation, or other entity who or which receives youth or arranges for care or placement of one or more youth unrelated to the operator must apply for a license to operate a secure residential youth care facility. Application for a license to operate a secure residential youth care facility must be made to the Department in the manner and on forms prescribed by the Department. If, upon examination of the facility and investigation of persons responsible for care of youth, the Department is satisfied that the facility and responsible persons reasonably meet standards prescribed for the type of facility for which application is made, it shall issue a license in proper form, designating on that license the number of youth to be served at any one time.
     (b) All applications shall be accompanied by an application fee as prescribed by the Department. The fee shall be deposited into the Secure Residential Youth Care Facility Fund, which is created as a special fund in the State Treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department for expenses related to the administration of this Act and for no other purpose.