§ 50-33-01 — Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter:
1. "Allowable activities" means paid work, job search, attending job training or an
education program, any activity in the job opportunity and basic skills program,
transportation time related to the activities, temporary illness or incapacity of a current
recipient, and temporary illness of the child.
2. "Approved relative" means an individual provider related to a child in that provider's
care by marriage, blood, or court decree as a grandparent, step-grandparent, great
grandparent, step-great grandparent, aunt, step-aunt, uncle, step-uncle, sibling, or
step-sibling, who has been approved to care for specific children in the provider's own
home, but does not mean a sibling provider who resides in the home of a child in that
provider's care.
3. "Caretaker" means a child's biological or adoptive parent, the spouse of the child's
biological or adoptive parent, or an individual acting in the stead of a child's parent at
the request of the parent or another with authority to make the request, but does not
mean a provider.
4. "Child care assistance unit" means all members of the caretaker's immediate
household, including a child through the month of that child's nineteenth birthday, and
any parent or stepparent of a child, including an acknowledged or adjudicated father of
one or more children in the household, but does not mean any other person who is not
acting in the stead of a parent, a child who is nineteen years of age or older, a child for
whom the household receives foster care payments, or a minor parent of a child in the
household unless the minor parent also requires child care or is incapable of caring for
the child.
5. "Child care center" has the meaning provided in chapter 50-11.1.
6. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
7. "Family child care" has the meaning provided in chapter 50-11.1.
8. "Group child care" has the meaning provided in chapter 50-11.1.
9. "Human service zone" has the meaning provided in section 50-35-01.
10. "In-home provider" has the meaning provided in section 50-11.1-02.
11. "Provider" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older, licensed as a
provider in a family child care, group child care, or child care center, with a
self-declaration as a provider of early childhood services who requires no license,
registered as a child care provider by a tribal entity, or an approved relative, who
meets criteria established by the jurisdiction with authority to regulate child care
services.
12. "Recipient" means an individual who is receiving child care assistance.
13. "Tribal entity" means an organization authorized by the government of an Indian tribe
within North Dakota to license, register, or otherwise recognize a child care provider
operating within the jurisdiction of that Indian tribe.
14. "Work":
a. Means any paid employment and any self-employment providing commensurate
income; and
b. Does not mean any unpaid activity except:
(1) With respect to a caretaker who is involved in job opportunity and basic
skills or tribal native employment works required by temporary assistance
for needy families, any approved activity for the program; and
(2) When a state has been determined to have a major disaster, activity by an
individual who is residing in the disaster area and involved in unpaid work
activities, including the cleaning, repair, restoration, and rebuilding of
homes, businesses, and schools.