Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 896 - LICENSING OF BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE FACILITIES (REPEALED) › Section 17-896-1 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter:
"Acting director" means a person who assumes the
				  responsibilities of director of the child care facility in the absence of the
				  director.
"After or before school care aide" means a person
				  responsible for helping the leader carry out the direct care of the children,
				  under the direction of the program leader or assistant program leader.
"After or before school care assistant program leader" means
				  a person responsible for planning, carrying out, or both, direct care of the
				  children under the direction of the program leader.
"After or before school care program leader" means a person
				  responsible for planning, carrying out, or both, the direct care of the
				  children in the program. For example, making contact with parents, keeping
				  appropriate records, observing and evaluating the child's development,
				  supervising staff and volunteers, and working cooperatively with the director
				  and other staff toward achieving program goals and objectives.
"After school care" means child care provided after the
				  close of the regular school day during the academic year and summer for
				  children ages four years and eight months and older who are enrolled in public
				  or private elementary schools.
"Before school care" means child care provided before the
				  opening of the regular school day during the academic year for children four
				  years and eight months and older who are enrolled in public or private
				  elementary schools.
"Child" means any person who has not reached the age of
				  eighteen.
"Child care" means 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. Care shall be for a part of a twenty-four
				  hour day.
"Child care center (CCC)" or "group child care center
				  (GCCC)" means a place other than a private home, maintained by an individual,
				  organization, or agency for the purpose of providing child care. The term child
				  care center or group child care center shall include child nurseries, nursery
				  school groups, preschool child play groups, parent cooperatives, drop-in child
				  care centers, after or before school, holiday, and summer care for elementary
				  school age children, or other similar units operating under any name.
"Child development associate (CDA)" means any person
				  credentialed by the council for early childhood professional recognition
				  (national association for the education of young children) to assume primary
				  responsibility for a group of young children in a developmental early childhood
				  program.
"Compliance" means conformity in fulfilling formal or
				  official requirements of chapter 17-896.
"Council for early professional recognition (national
				  association for the education of young children)" means the agency contracted
				  by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services to grant the child
				  development associate (CDA) credential.
"County building code" means the building code used by the
				  applicable counties.
"Director," "principal," or "program coordinator," means the
				  person at the facility, having responsibility for its administration and
				  program.
"Emergency" means an unforeseen combination of circumstances
				  which calls for immediate action.
"First aid kit" means materials and equipment in one
				  location in a suitable container for meeting medical emergencies. A first aid
				  kit shall be of the type approved by the american red cross, american medical
				  society, or the state department of health.
"Form 14" means a printed form-made available by the state
				  department of health or the state department of education to record a child's
				  immunizations and health record.
"Group child care home (GCCH)" means a facility that may be
				  an extended or modified family child care home which provides care to no more
				  than twelve children during any part of a twenty-four hour day. Group child
				  care homes are licensed under the rules for group child care centers.
"Guardian" means a person other than a child's parents who
				  has legal authority over and responsibility for a child.
"Handicapped child" means a child who is medically
				  determined blind, deaf, mentally retarded, or emotionally disturbed, or is
				  orthopedically or otherwise chronically handicapped.
"Ill" or illness" is a subjective term which shall be
				  defined by each provider with regard to admitting or not admitting sick
				  children to child care.
"Lavatory" means a vessel or basin for washing, which is in
				  conformity with plumbing codes in force in the State.
"License" means a certificate of approval issued by the
				  state department of human services authorizing the operation of a child care
				  facility.
"Local sanitary codes" means the specific rules set up by a
				  county, the state department of health, or a comparable federal agency, which
				  govern aspects of health and safety.
"Minor deficiencies" means deficiencies which do not involve
				  risk to life, health, or safety of the children enrolled at the child care
				  center.
"Policy" means a principal plan for the management of a
				  child care facility.
"Potentially hazardous food" means any food that consists in
				  whole or in part of milk or milk products, egg, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish,
				  edible Crustacea, or other ingredients in a form capable of supporting rapid
				  and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms.
"Provisional license" or "temporary permit" means a
				  temporary license issued at the discretion of the department for a maximum
				  period of six months to a child care facility which is unable to conform to all
				  the rules at the time the license is issued.
"Qualified nutrition consultant" means a dietitian or
				  nutritionist who meets the advanced educational requirements for membership in
				  the American Dietetic Association and is eligible for registration; or one who
				  has a master's degree in Public Health Nutrition or Nutritional
				  Sciences.
"Regularly" means the typical or normal pattern of a child
				  care facility, or a practice or schedule that is routine and uniform and is not
				  subject to unexplained or irrational variations.
"Rules" means the rules developed by the department of human
				  services to set minimum standards of care and safety for the protection of
				  children in child care.
"Single service "utensils" means the-supplies or equipment
				  used once to serve food (e.g. paper plates, cups, disposable forks).
"Staff member" means child care, office, maintenance, and
				  other support personnel who are employed by the child care facility, including
				  volunteers.
"State child care advisory committee" means a group of
				  people appointed by the department of human services to advise the department
				  on matters regarding child care, including child care rules.
"Substitute" means a person who serves as a replacement for
				  not more than ten consecutive working days when another caregiver is absent on
				  an emergency or unplanned basis.
"Supervision" means the act of being within sight or hearing
				  distance of the children to insure the safety and protection of the
				  children.
"Teacher," "teacher-director," "head teacher," "lead
				  teacher," or "program leader" means a person responsible for planning and
				  implementing all or part of the program activities, preparing program
				  materials, and supervising and training other staff.
"Temporary hire" means a person who serves as a replacement
				  when another caregiver is absent on a planned basis.
"Temporary permit" see provisional license.
"USDA child care food program" means the food standards
				  established by the United States Department of Agriculture.
"Volunteers" means persons offering services to a child care
				  facility without remuneration, except for reimbursable personal expenses
				  allowed by the program.