§ 42-12.5-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Administrator of licensing� means the director of the licensing unit (or designee)
that carries out the provisions of this chapter, hereafter referred to as the "administrator.�
(2) "Applicant� means a child daycare provider that applies for a license to operate.
(3) "Child� means any person less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(4) "Child day care� means daily care and/or supervision offered commercially to the public
for any part of a twenty-four-hour (24) day to children away from their homes.
(5) "Child daycare center� means any person, firm, corporation, association, or agency
who, on a regular or irregular basis, receives any child under the age of sixteen
(16) years, for the purpose of care and/or supervision, not in a home or residence,
apart from the child's parent or guardian for any part of a twenty-four-hour (24)
day irrespective of compensation. It shall include child daycare programs that are
offered to employees at the worksite. It does not include preschool programs operating
in schools approved by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
(6) "Child daycare provider� means a person or agency that offers daily care and/or supervision
offered commercially to the public for any part of a twenty-four-hour (24) day to
children away from their homes.
(7) "Department� means the department of human services (DHS).
(8) "Director� means the director of the department of human services, or the director's
designee.
(9) "Family daycare home� means any home, other than the child's home, in which child
day care in lieu of parental care and/or supervision is offered at the same time to
four (4) or more children who are not relatives of the caregiver.
(10) "Group family daycare home� means a residence occupied by an individual of at least
twenty-one (21) years of age who provides care for not less than nine (9) and not
more than twelve (12) children, with the assistance of one or more approved adults,
for any part of a twenty-four-hour (24) day. These programs shall be subject to yearly
licensing as addressed in this chapter and shall comply with all applicable state
and local fire, health, and zoning regulations.
(11) "Licensee� means any person, firm, corporation, association, or agency that holds
a valid license under this chapter.
(12) "Regulation� means any requirement for licensure, promulgated pursuant to this chapter,
having the force of law.
(13) "Related� means any of the following relationships, by marriage, blood or adoption,
even following the death or divorce of a natural parent: parent, grandparent, brother,
sister, aunt, uncle, and first cousin. In a prosecution under this chapter or of any
law relating thereto, a defendant who relies for a defense upon the relationship of
any child to him or herself, the defendant shall have the burden of proof as to the
relationship.