Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 591 - RULES OF BRIGHT FROM THE START GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CARE AND LEARNING › Chapter 591-3 › Subject 591-3-1 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SUPPORT CENTERS › Rule 591-3-1-.03 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the
				 words and phrases set forth herein shall mean the following:
(a) "Adult" means any competent individual
				eighteen (18) years of age or older.
(b) "Child" or "Children" means any person(s)
				under 18 years of age for whom child care service(s) is (are) provided in an
				Early Care and Learning Program.
(c) "Child Care Learning Center" or "Center"
				means any place operated by an individual or business entity authorized under
				Georgia law wherein are received for pay for group care for less than 24 hours
				per day, without transfer of legal custody, seven or more children under 18
				years of age and which is required to be licensed.
(d) "Comprehensive Records Check
				Determination" means a satisfactory or unsatisfactory determination by the
				Department, based upon a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check, a
				search of the National Crime Information Centers National Sex Offender
				Registry, and a search of the following registries, repositories or databases
				in the state where the actual or potential employee or director resides and in
				each state where such individual resided during the preceding five years:
				criminal registry or repository, with the use of fingerprints being required in
				the state where the individual resides and option in other states; state sex
				offender registry or repository; and state based child abuse and neglect
				registry and database.
(e) "Crime"
				means
1. Any felony pursuant to O.C.G.A.
				§
										20-1A-30 and  in accordance with
				 42 U.S.C. §
											9858f(c)(1)(E);
2. A violation of O.C.G.A. §
										16-5-23, relating
				to simple battery, where the victim is a minor;
3. A violation of O.C.G.A. §
										16-5-23.1, relating to battery, where the victim is a minor;
4. A violation of O.C.G.A. §
				 16-21-1, relating to contributing
				to the delinquency of a minor;
5. A
				violation of O.C.G.A. §
										16-6-1
et
				seq.
relating to sexual offenses;
6. A violation of O.C.G.A. §
										16-5-29, relating to battery of an unborn child;
7. A violation of O.C.G.A. §
										16-5-60, relating to reckless conduct causing harm when the victim is a minor;
8. A violation of O.C.G.A. §
										16-5-70, relating to cruelty to children;
9.
				A violation of O.C.G.A. §
										16-12-1.1, relating to child care facility operators being prohibited from employing or
				allowing to reside or be domiciled persons with certain past criminal
				violations;
10. A violation of
				O.C.G.A. §§
										16-12-100,   16-12-100.1,   16-12-100.2,   16-12-100.3, relating to obscenity and related offenses where the victim is a
				minor;
11. A violation of O.C.G.A.
				§
										40-6-391, relating to endangering a child while driving under the influence of alcohol or
				drugs;
12. A violation of O.C.G.A.
				§
										19-7-5, relating to a failing to report if mandated to do so by law;
13. Child pornography, in accordance with
				 42 U.S.C. §
											9858f(c)(1)(E);
14. Abuse of, endangerment of, or sexual
				assault against a child by an adult, in accordance with
				 42 U.S.C. §
											9858f(c)(1)(E);
15. Any other violent misdemeanor against a
				child by an adult, in accordance with
				 42 U.S.C. §
											9858f(c)(1)(E);
16. A violation of O.C.G.A. §
										16-4-1, relating
				to criminal attempt when the crime attempted is any of the crimes specified by
				this paragraph; or
17. Any other
				offenses committed in another jurisdiction which, if committed in this state,
				would be one of the enumerated crimes listed in this paragraph.