Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 378 - DAY CARE INFORMATION LINE › Section 378.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Complaint" means any report to the Department alleging
				violation of the laws or rules related to the licensing of child care
				facilities.
"Day care agency" means any person, group of persons, public or
				private agency, association or organization which undertakes to provide one or
				more day care homes with administrative services including, but not limited to,
				consultation, technical assistance, training, supervision, evaluation and
				provision of or referral to health and social services under contractual
				arrangement. (Section 2.11 of the Child Care Act of 1969 [225 ILCS
				10/2.11 ])
"Day care center" means any child care facility which regularly
				provides day care for less than 24 hours per day for more than 8 children in a
				family home or more than 3 children in a facility other than a family home,
				including senior citizen buildings. The term does not include:
* programs operated by public or private elementary school
				systems or secondary level school units or institutions of higher learning
				which serve children who shall have attained the age of 3 years;
* programs or that portion of the program which serves children
				who shall have attained the age of 3 years and which are recognized by the
				State Board of Education;
* educational program or programs serving children who shall
				have attained the age of 3 years and which are operated by a school which is
				registered with the State Board of Education and which is recognized or
				accredited by a recognized national or multi-state educational organization or
				association which regularly recognizes or accredits schools;
* programs which exclusively serve or that portion of the
				program which serves handicapped children who shall have attained the age of 3
				years but are less than 21 years of age and which are registered and approved
				as meeting standards of the State Board of Education and applicable fire
				marshal standards;
* facilities operated in connection with a shopping center or
				service, religious services or other similar facility where transient children
				are cared for temporarily while parents or custodians of the children are
				occupied on the premises and readily available;
* any type of day care center that is conducted on federal
				government premises;
* special activities programs, including athletics, crafts
				instruction and similar activities conducted on an organized and periodic basis
				by civic, charitable and governmental organizations;
* part day child care facilities, as defined in Section 2.10 of
				the Act; or
* programs or that portion of the program which:
* serves children who shall have attained the age of 3
				years,
* is operated by churches or religious institutions as
				described in Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code,
* receives no governmental aid,
* is operated as a component of religious, nonprofit elementary
				school,
* operates primarily to provide religious education, and
* meets appropriate State or local health and fire safety
				standards.
For purposes of this Part, "children who shall have attained
				the age of 3 years" shall mean children who are 3 years of age, but less than 4
				years of age, at the time of enrollment in the program. (Section 2.09 of the
				Child Care Act of 1969 [225 ILCS 10/2.09 ])
"Day care facility" means a day care home, group day care home,
				day care agency or day care center subject to licensing by the Department of
				Children and Family Services.
"Day care home" means family homes which receive more than 3 up
				to a maximum of 12 children including the family's natural, foster, or adopted
				children and all other persons under the age of 12. The term does not include
				facilities which receive only children from a single household. (Section 2.18
				of the Child Care Act of 1969 [225 ILCS 10/2.18 ])
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Children and
				Family Services. (Section 2.18 of the Child Care Act of 1969 [225 ILCS
				10/2.18 ])
"Group day care home" means a family home which receives more
				than 3 up to 16 children for less than 24 hours per day. The number counted
				includes the family's natural, foster, or adopted children and all other
				persons under the age of 12. (Section 2.20 of the Child Care Act of 1969
				[225 ILCS
				10/2.20 ])
"License" means a document issued by the Department of Children
				and Family Services that authorizes child care facilities to operate in
				accordance with applicable standards and the provisions of the Child Care Act
				of 1969.
"License capacity" means the maximum number of day care
				children under age 12 permitted in the facility at any one time.
"License violation" means a violation of the Department of
				Children and Family Services licensing standards that results in a corrective
				action plan or jeopardizes the health, safety and welfare of a child.
"Pending revocation" means a situation where the Department has
				issued to the provider a notice of intent to revoke, refuse to renew or refuse
				to issue full license, and the provider has filed an appeal, thereby stopping
				the enforcement action until the appeal hearing has been held and a decision
				rendered.
"Substantiated complaint" means a violation of Department of
				Children and Family Services licensing standards or the Child Care Act which
				has been substantiated through a licensing complaint
				investigation.