Early education program, see §§296-81 to 83.

Early intervention services for infants and toddlers, see §§321-351 to 354.

Licensing of church-sponsored day care programs constitutional. Att. Gen. Op. 85-25.

A. General

§346-151 Definitions. For the purposes of this part:

"Care" refers to those situations where a person or organization has agreed to assume and has been entrusted with the responsibility for the child's supervision, development, safety, and protection apart from the parent or guardian.

"Child care facility" means a place maintained by any individual, organization, or agency for the purpose of providing care for children with or without charging a fee at any time. It includes a family child care home, group child care home, and group child care center.

"Criminal history record check" means an examination of an individual's criminal history record through:

"Family child care home" [Repeal and reenactment on June 30, 2001. L 1999, c 242, §8(2).] means a private residence, including a home, apartment, unit, or townhouse, as those terms are defined in section 502C-1, at which care may be provided for three to no more than six children who are unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption, at any given time.

"Group child care center" means a facility, other than a private home, at which care is provided.

"Group child care home" means a facility, which may be an extended or modified private home, at which care is provided for seven to twelve children.

"Provider" means the person who is issued the license or certificate of registration, as the case may be, by the department to provide care in a child care facility. [L 1985, c 208, pt of §2; am L 1986, c 297, §2; am L 1988, c 125, §1; am L 1998, c 5, §1; am L 1999, c 242, §4]