Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 79 - Child Day Care Centers & Group Day Care Homes › Section 19a-79-1a - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(1) "Administration of medication" means the
			 direct application of a medication by inhalation, ingestion or any other means
			 to the body of a person;
(2)
			 "Advanced practice registered nurse" means an individual licensed pursuant to
			 subsection (b) of section
			 20-94a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(3) "Alteration" means remodeling or revision
			 that does not change the physical plant of the licensed space;
(4) "Alternate staff" means a
			 substitute;
(5) "Ambient air" means
			 the surrounding air;
(6)
			 "Attendance" means the names and number of children and staff present at the
			 facility on a daily basis;
(7)
			 "Authorized prescriber" means a physician, dentist, advanced practice
			 registered nurse or physician assistant;
(8) "Business day" means the normal and
			 customary workday schedule;
(9)
			 "Certified playground safety inspector" means an individual certified by the
			 National Playground Safety Institute, a program of the National Recreation and
			 Park Association;
(10) "Child day
			 care center" means a program of supplementary care for more than twelve (12)
			 related or unrelated children outside their own homes on a regular
			 basis;
(11) "Child or children with
			 special health care needs" means a child or children who have or are at risk
			 for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions and who
			 also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that
			 required by children generally;
(12) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Public Health or the commissioner's designated representative;
(13) "Conspicuous place" means an area that
			 is easy to notice;
(14) "Contracted
			 services" means services provided that are subject to a written
			 agreement;
(15) "Construction"
			 means the act or process of building;
(16) "Days" means calendar days unless
			 otherwise noted;
(17) "Dental
			 hygienist" means an individual licensed to practice dental hygiene in this or
			 another state;
(18) "Dentist" means
			 an individual licensed to practice dentistry in this or another
			 state;
(19) "Department" means the
			 Connecticut Department of Public Health or any duly authorized representative
			 thereof;
(20) "Developmentally
			 appropriate practice" means a framework for working with young children to
			 apply current knowledge about how children develop based upon age and the
			 individual needs of each child;
(21) "Director" means the program
			 administrator or person responsible for the day to day administrative operation
			 of the program, who may be the head teacher;
(22) "Disability" means a physical or mental
			 impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
			 activities;
(23) "Early childhood
			 education consultant" means an individual who is a credentialed early childhood
			 specialist with an Associate, Bachelors, Masters, or Doctoral degree in early
			 childhood education, child development or human development or a four (4) year
			 degree in a related field with at least twelve (12) credits in child
			 development or early childhood education from an accredited college or
			 university, who has two (2) or more years experience administering a licensed
			 child day care center that meets standards comparable to those in
			 Connecticut;
(24) "Emergency
			 medical technician" means an individual certified in accordance with section
			 19a-179
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes or licensed in another state;
(25) "Employment" means working at a child
			 day care center or group day care home and includes volunteers and alternate
			 staff, who work more than twelve (12) times per year;
(26) "Endorsement" means the specific
			 services for which a program has applied, have been approved by the department
			 and are listed on the face of the license;
(27) "Enrollment" means the number of
			 children registered and who have been admitted to the child day care center or
			 group day care home for any given period of time;
(28) "Expansion" means an increase in the
			 physical size or licensed capacity of the child day care center or group day
			 care home;
(29) "Facility" means
			 the building in which the child day care center or group day care home is
			 housed;
(30) "First aid course"
			 means a specified program of emergency treatment that has been approved by the
			 department as listed in section 19a-79-4 a(e) of the Regulations of Connecticut
			 State Agencies;
(31) "Group day
			 care home" means a program of supplementary care for not less than seven (7)
			 nor more than twelve (12) related or unrelated children on a regular basis, or
			 that meets the definition of a family day care home as provided in section
			 19a-77
			 of the general statutes except that it operates in a facility other than a
			 private family home;
(32) "Group
			 size" means the maximum number of children allowed to be cared for together at
			 a given time in a specific area;
(33) "Head teacher" means the person
			 responsible for the day to day educational portion of the child day care center
			 or group day care home who shall be on site for sixty (60) percent of the hours
			 the center is in operation on a weekly basis, who may also be the
			 director;
(34) "Health consultant"
			 means a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or
			 registered nurse holding a current and valid license in this or another
			 state;
(35) "Ill child" means one
			 who is excluded from a child care program or school due to discomfort, injury
			 or other symptoms of short term contagious illness;
(36) "Investigational drug" means any
			 medication with an approved investigation new drug application on file with the
			 federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that is being scientifically tested
			 and clinically evaluated to determine its efficacy, safety and side effects and
			 that has not yet received FDA approval;
(37) "Job description" means a written
			 outline developed for each position in the facility, containing the
			 qualifications, duties, responsibilities and accountability required of all
			 employees in that position;
(38)
			 "Legal representative" means a person authorized by the operator to represent
			 and act on behalf of the operator, including but not limited to, the signing of
			 licensure applications and renewals;
(39) "License" means the form of permission
			 issued by the department that authorizes the operation of a child day care
			 center or group day care home;
(40)
			 "Licensed capacity" means the maximum number of children allowed under the
			 license to be in the licensed premises at any one time;
(41) "Licensed premises" means the space
			 identified in the license application in which child day care services are
			 provided;
(42) "Local director of
			 health" means the person appointed as the director of health for a city, town
			 or borough pursuant to section
			 19a-200
			 of Connecticut General Statutes or for a health district pursuant to section
			 19a-242
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(43) "Meal" means the food served and eaten
			 in one sitting containing the four (4) food groups;
(44) "Medication" means any legend or
			 nonlegend drug as defined in section
			 20-571,
			 including controlled substances, as defined in section
			 21a-240
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(45) "Night care" means the care provided for
			 one (1) or more hours between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M.;
(46) "Medication error" means failure to
			 administer medication to a child, or failure to administer medication within
			 one (1) hour of the time designated by the prescribing practitioner, or failure
			 to administer the specific medication prescribed for a child, or failure to
			 administer the medication by the correct route or failure to administer the
			 medication according to generally accepted medical practices or failure to
			 administer the correct dosage of medication;
(47) "Operator" means a person, group of
			 persons, association, organization, corporation, institution or agency, public
			 or private, who has the legal responsibility for the overall operation of the
			 child day care center or group day care home and to whom the license is
			 issued;
(48) "Paramedic" means an
			 individual licensed in accordance with section
			 20-206
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of the Connecticut General Statutes or in another
			 state;
(49) "Parent(s)" means the
			 person(s) responsible for the child and may include the legally designated
			 guardian(s) of such child;
(50)
			 "Physician" means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy licensed to practice
			 medicine in this or another state;
(51) "Physician assistant" means an
			 individual who is licensed in accordance with section
			 20-12b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and regulations adopted
			 thereunder;
(52) "Primary health
			 care provider" means the person who is responsible for the health care of the
			 child outside the center;
(53)
			 "Professional development" means attendance at classes, seminars, workshops,
			 conferences or forums, and participation in distance learning activities that
			 improve one's knowledge, skills and abilities;
(54) "Program" means the group of services
			 and activities provided in the child day care center or group day care
			 home;
(55) "Program space" means
			 the defined area within a child day care center or group day care home in which
			 a safe nurturing environment planned in accordance with the age, group size and
			 child staff ratio promotes physical, social, emotional and cognitive
			 development;
(56) "Program staff"
			 means those persons, sixteen (16) years of age or older, responsible for the
			 direct care of children;
(57)
			 "Quarterly" means approximately once every three months;
(58) "Registered dietitian" means a person
			 certified as a dietitian-nutritionist in this or another state;
(59) "Registered nurse" means a person with a
			 license to practice as a registered nurse in Connecticut in accordance with
			 chapter 378 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(60) "Renovation" means remodeling or
			 revision that changes the physical plant of the licensed space;
(61) "School age" means at least five (5)
			 years of age by January 1 of the current school year, and less than thirteen
			 (13) years of age or less than nineteen (19) years of age with special needs
			 requiring the child to receive supplementary care, and attending
			 school;
(62) "Semi-annual" means
			 two times per calendar year, approximately six (6) months apart;
(63) "Services" means those specific
			 activities that contribute to the health, education and welfare of the
			 children;
(64) "Snack" means a
			 light meal containing two (2) food groups;
(65) "Social service consultant" means a
			 person who holds a baccalaureate degree in social work with at least one (1)
			 year of social work experience under social work supervision, or a
			 baccalaureate degree in a field that the commissioner deems related to social
			 work with at least two (2) years of social work experience under social work
			 supervision;
(66) "Staff" means
			 personnel including volunteers, sixteen (16) years of age or older, who provide
			 a service to a child day care center or a group day care home;
(67) "Staff child ratio" means the maximum
			 number of children per program staff person;
(68) "Supervision" means the direction and
			 on-site observation of the functions and activities of staff or
			 children;
(69) "Supplementary care"
			 means out-of-home care where an individual or organization takes responsibility
			 for the child's activities; and,
(70) "Vector" means an organism that carries
			 pathogens from one individual or object to another such as flies, mosquitoes,
			 ticks and rodents.