5101:2-13-01 Definitions for licensed ftype A homes.

 

 

 

5101:2-13-01               Definitions for licensed type A homes.

 

 

 

(A)"Administering to the needs" means giving care, maintenance, training, and supervision such as the providing of food, shelter, security, recreation, safety, and guidance of infants, toddlers, preschool-age children and school-age children outside of school hours.

 

(1)Educational instruction may or may not be given to infants, toddlers, preschool children, or school children.

 

(2)Parents, guardians, custodians, or relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption shall be considered to be administering to the needs of their own children if they are present in the same building at all times their own children are in care and if they are in a position to continue to directly maintain control over their own children as determined by the department, except that child care provided on the premises of a parent's, custodian's, or guardian's place of employment shall be licensed in accordance with Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code.

 

(A)(B) "Administrator" means the person responsible for the daily operation of the type A home. The administrator and the owner of the type A home shall be the same person and the type A home shall be the primary residence. If the owner of the type A home is a corporation, the agent(s) of the corporation shall include the administrator of the type A home and the administrator shall reside in the type A home. The administrator is also a child care staff member.

 

(B)(C) "Adult" means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age.

 

(C)(D) "Advanced practice nurse (APN)" means a registered nurse approved by the board of nursing under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code, and who holds a certificate of authority to practice as a clinical nurse specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist, certified nurse midwife or certified nurse practitioner under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code.

 

(D)(E) "Career pathways model" means an alternative pathway to meeting the requirements for a child care staff member or administrator that uses an approved framework to document the formal education, training, experience, and specialized credentials, and certifications. This allows the child care staff member or administrator to achieve a designation as an early childhood professional level one, two, three, four, five, or six.

 

(E)(F) "Certified nurse practitioner (CNP)" means a registered nurse who holds a valid certificate of authority issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a CNP in accordance with section 4723.43 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing.

 

 

 

 

(F)(G) "Child" means an infant, toddler, preschool child or school child.

(G)(H) "Child care staff member" means any adult employee of a type A home who is primarily responsible for the care and supervision of children.

(H)(I) "Child care" per section 5104.01 of the Revised Code means all of the following: administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, preschool children and school children outside of school hours by persons other than their parents or guardians, custodians, or relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption for any part of the twenty-four-hour day, in a place or residence other than a child's own home.

(1)    "Administering to the needs"of infants, toddlers, preschool-age children and school-age children outside of school hours; means giving care, maintenance, training, and supervision such as the providing of food, shelter, security, recreation, safety, and guidance. Educational instruction may or may not be given to infants, toddlers, preschool children, or school children.

(2)    By persons other than their parents, guardians, or custodians; Care given to children who are in a grade of kindergarten or above, and are cared for in a school building in a program which is owned and operated by a public school, a chartered nonpublic school, or a nonchartered nonpublic school, regardless of the hours care is given, shall be considered within school hours and shall not be considered child care.

(3)   For any part of the twenty-four-hour day; and"Parents or guardians, custodians, or relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption " shall mean:

(a) The child's lawful mother or father to include the natural or adoptive mother or father, or the stepmother or stepfather, if no subsequent judicial decree has divested one or both of them of the statutory co-guardianship, as created by their marriage; or

(b) Any individual or agency whose status with respect to the child has been established by judicial decree.

(4)   In a place other than a child's own home, except that an in-home aide provides child care in the child's own home Parents, guardians, custodians, or relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption shall be considered to be administering to the needs of their own children if they are present in the same building at all times their own children are in care and if they are in a position to continue to directly maintain control over their own children as determined by the department, except that child care provided on the premises of a parent's,

custodian's,   or   guardian's   place   of   employment   shall   be   licensed   in accordance with Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code.

(I)(J) "Cot" shall mean a narrow bed made of washable material. The bottom of the cot's sleeping surface shall stand at least three inches and not more than eighteen inches off the floor. The cot shall be firm enough to support the child, but shall be resilient under pressure. The cot's materials shall be easily sanitized. Each cot shall be at least thirty-six inches in length and at least as long as the child assigned to the cot is tall.

(J)(K) "Date of admission" means the first day the child attends the type A home.

(K)(L) "Department" means the Ohio department of job and family services.

(L)(M) "Director" means the director of the Ohio department of job and family services.

(M)(N) "Director's representative" means the child care licensing staff authorized by the Ohio department of job and family services.

(N)(O) "Employee" means a person who is at least fifteen years old, receives compensation for duties performed in a type A home or has assigned work hours or duties. Employee shall not include a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in a type A home when the parent or guardian is not assigned specific working hours or duties in the type A home and when the parent or guardian is not left alone with children or used to meet the staff/child ratio requirements of rule 5101:2-13-20 of the Administrative Code.

(O)(P) "Employer" means a person, firm, institution, organization, or agency that operates a type A home that is subject to licensure and rules promulgated pursuant to Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code and Chapter 5101:2-13 of the Administrative Code.

(P)(Q) "Field trips" means infrequent or irregularly scheduled excursions from the home.

(Q)(R)  "Food  supplement"  means  any  substance,  including  a  vitamin,  which  is  an addition of a food or nutrient to a meal or diet.

(R)(S) "Infant" means a child who is under eighteen months of age.

(S)(T) "License capacity" means any combination of, but no more than twelve total: infants, toddlers, preschool or school children.

(T)(U) "Licensee" means the owner of a type A home that is licensed according to Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code and who is responsible for ensuring the home's compliance with Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code and Chapter 5101:2-13 of the Administrative Code.

(U)(V) "Medication" means any substance or preparation which is used to prevent or treat a wound, injury, infection, infirmity, or disease. This includes medication that is over the counter, or prescribed or recommended by a physician or advance practice nurse certified to prescribe medication, and permitted for administration or application by parent.

(V)(W) "Modified diet" means any diet eliminating the use of any one or more of the four food groups or altering the amount of food required to be served to meet one-third of the recommended dietary allowance as required by rule 5101:2-13-39 of the Administrative Code.

(W)(X) "Owner" includes a person, as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, government entity, firm, organization, institution, corporation or agency, as well as any individual governing board members, partners, incorporators, agents or authorized representatives of the owner.

(Y) "Parents or guardians, custodians, or relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption " shall mean:

(1) The child's lawful mother or father, to include the natural or adoptive mother or father, or the stepmother or stepfather, if no subsequent judicial decree has divested one or both of them of the statutory co-guardianship, as created by their marriage; or

(2) Any individual or agency whose status with respect to the child has been established by judicial decree.

(X)(Z) "Permanent resident" means the fixed place of one's home, habitation and place of dwelling in which a person intends to be his or her residence and to which he or she intends to return despite temporary absences.

(Y)(AA) "Physician" means a person issued a certificate to practice in accordance with Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the state medical board or a comparable body in another state.

(Z)(BB) "Physician assistant (PA)" means a person who has obtained a valid certificate to practice in accordance with Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the state medical board.

(AA)(CC) "Preschool child" means a child who is at least three years old, or is four or five years old, but is not age eligible to be enrolled in a grade of kindergarten or above.

(BB)(DD) "Public children services agency (PCSA)" means an entity specified in section

5153.02 of the Revised Code that has assumed the powers and duties of the children services function prescribed by Chapter 5153. of the Revised Code for a county.

(CC)(EE) "Routine trips" means repeated excursions off the premises of the home which regularly occur on a previously scheduled basis and that parents have been made aware of the destinations of the trip.

(DD)(FF) "School child" means a child who is enrolled in or is eligible to be enrolled in a grade of kindergarten or above, but is less than fifteen years old.

(EE)(GG) "Special needs" means providing child care services to a child who is under eighteen years old who does not function according to age appropriate expectations in one or more of the following areas of development: social/emotional, cognitive, communication, perceptual-motor, physical, or behavioral development, or has chronic health issues. The child's delays/condition(s) affect development to the extent that the child requires special adaptations, modified facilities, program adjustments or related services on a regular basis in order to function in an adaptive manner.

(FF)(HH) "Substitute" means a child care staff member who replaces an assigned staff member on a temporary basis.

(GG)(II) "Toddler" means a child who is at least eighteen months of age but less than three years of age.

Effective:                                                             09/28/2015

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:                         07/14/2015 and 09/28/2020

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

09/18/2015

Date

Promulgated Under:                           119.03

Statutory Authority:                           5104.01

Rule Amplifies:                                  5104.01

Prior Effective Dates:                         9/5/86, 7/1/03, 9/1/07, 9/29/11