Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers
7 AAC 50.990
DEFINITIONS
In AS 47.35 and in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
- (1) "504 plan" means an individualized plan as set out in 34
C.F.R.§ 104.33.
- (2) "administrator" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900;
- (3) "adolescent" means a child in the period of life from puberty
to maturity terminating legally at age 18;
- (4) "agency" and "child placement agency" have the
meaning given in AS 47.35.900 and include the state with regard to the placement
of children;
- (5) "boarding care" means care provided in a foster home or a
residential child care facility exclusively for children who are residing
outside of their home community for the purpose of obtaining education;
- (6) "caregiver" includes an administrator, foster parent, employee,
substitute, volunteer, or other person in a facility whose duties include
care and supervision of children;
- (7) "center" includes a child care center and a residential center;
- (8) "child" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900 and, in addition,
includes an individual 18 through 20 years of age who is either in the custody
of the state or a runaway sheltered in a facility;
- (9) "child care" or "care" has the meaning given "child
care" in AS 47.35.900 and includes services in or away from the facility;
- (10) "child care center" means a child care facility for 13 or
more children;
- (11) "child care facility" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900
and includes a child care center, a child care group home, and a child care
home;
- (12) "child care group home" means a child care facility, usually
in an occupied residence, for nine to 12 children;
- (13) "child care home" means a child care facility, usually in
an occupied residence, for no more than eight children;
- (14) "child development associate credential" or" CDA credential"
means a credential awarded to child care providers who have demonstrated their
skill in working with young children by successfully completing the requirements
of the CDA assessment system of the Council for Early Childhood Professional
Recognition, 1817 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, D. C. 20005;
- (15) "child in care" means a child who is not a relative of the
caregiver, unless in a relative foster home;
- (16) "child with special needs" has the meaning given in AS 47.80.900
for "person with a handicap", except that the term is limited to
persons under the age of 18 and does not include a child who is a gifted child
within the meaning of "gifted children" as that term is defined
in AS 14.30.350;
- (17) "corporal punishment" means the infliction of bodily pain
as a penalty for a disapproved behavior; it includes shaking, spanking, delivering
a blow with a part of the body or an object, slapping, punching, pulling,
or any other action that seeks to induce pain;
- (18) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;
- (19) "division" means the division of family and youth services
in the department;
- (20) "emergency shelter care" means care in a full time care
facility that is short-term in nature, usually not exceeding 90 days; the
term includes respite care;
- (21) "facility" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900 and includes
other parts of the building housing the facility and adjoining grounds over
which the operator of the facility has direct control;
- (22) "foster group home" means a foster home in which one or
more foster parents operate not more than one group home for no more than
eight children;
- (23) "foster home" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900, usually
for no more than six children, that is the home of a foster parent;
- (24) "foster parent" means the person or persons providing foster
care for children and includes a shelter home parent;
- (25) "full time care facility" means a foster home or a residential
child care facility;
- (26) "group home" means a child care group home, a foster group
home, and a residential group home;
- (27) "home" means a child care home and a foster home;
- (28) "human services field" includes social services, juvenile
corrections, education, mental health, health care, and pastoral counseling;
- (29) "IEP" means an individualized education program for a child
with special needs age three through 18 developed by a school district in
accordance with 4 AAC 52.140 or by a department infant learning program grantee
or the child's private physician under criteria contained in 7 AAC 23.090(d)(3),
for a child age birth up to three years;
- (30) "IHP" means an individualized habilitation plan for a child
with special needs developed by a state agency, contractor, or grantee in
accordance with AS 47.80.120;
- (31) "infant" means a child age birth up to 12 months of age;
- (32) "kindergarten aged child" means a child age five;
- (33) "license" means a permit issued under AS 47.10.392 or a
license issued under AS 47.35;
- (34) "licensee" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900 and includes
a person to whom a permit has been issued under AS 47.10.392;
- (35) "licensing representative" means an employee of the division
or an individual or organization responsible for evaluating a facility under
AS 47.35.010(a)(4) and 7 AAC 50.040 and presumes review and approval of the
representative's decisions by the division or organization authorized under
7 AAC 50.040;
- (36) "maternity home" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900;
- (37) "mental health professional" has the meaning given in AS
47.30.915;
- (38) "nighttime care" means care between the hours of 10:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m.;
- (39) "operator" means the person licensed to operate a facility;
- (40) "parent" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900;
- (41) "physician" has the meaning given in 12 AAC 40.990;
- (42) "placement worker" means an employee or volunteer of a child
placement agency who arranges for placement of a child in a residential child
care facility or a child foster home; "placement worker" includes
an employee of the department with regard to the placement of children;
- (43) "pre-elementary aged child" means a child age 30 months
through age four;
- (44) "regular volunteer" means a person who volunteers for at
least one day a week for at least five consecutive weeks;
- (45) "relative" has the meaning given in AS 47.35.900;
- (46) "residential center" means a residential child care facility
for 13 or more children;
- (47) "residential child care facility" has the meaning given
in AS 47.35.900;
- (48) "residential group home" means a residential child care
facility for no more than 10 children;
- (49) "runaway child" has the meaning given in AS 47.10.390 for
"runaway minor;"
- (50) "school aged child" means a child age six through age 18;
- (51) "semi-secure" means a level of security that will reasonably
ensure that if a child leaves a facility without permission, the child's act
of leaving will be immediately noticed.
- (52) "shelter home" means a foster home exclusively for runaway
youth;
- (53) "sleeping hours" means the hours from midnight to six a.m.;
- (54) "supervised transition living" or "supervised apartment
living" means a short term program for adolescents between the ages of
16 and 18 to enable those for whom independent living is the plan to prepare
to lead self-sufficient adult lives;
- (55) "supervision of children" means protective oversight of
children including
- (A) a prudent level of awareness of and responsibility for a child's
ongoing activity;
- (B) knowledge of program, the applicable requirements of this chapter,
and children's needs; and
- (C) the degree of supervision indicated by a child's age, developmental
level, and physical, emotional, and social needs;
- (56) "toddler" means a child age 12 months up to age 30 months;
- (57) "treatment" means a series of planned interventions designed
to address a child's physical, mental, emotional, behavioral, and developmental
disorders and bring about positive measurable changes needed to facilitate
the child's successful functioning and return to its family or community;
- (58) "waking hours" means the hours from six a.m. to midnight;
- (59) "young child" means a child age birth up to age nine.(Eff.
1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145)
Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.10.392 AS 47.35.085
AS 47.10.300 AS 47.35.010
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