Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 800 - STANDARD FOR LICENSED FAMILY DAY HOMES › Part I - General provisions › Section 8VAC20-800-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Accessible" means capable of being entered, reached, or
					 used.
"Adult" means any individual 18 years of age or
					 older.
"Age-appropriate" means suitable to the chronological age
					 and individual needs of a child.
"Assistant" means an individual who helps the provider or
					 substitute provider in the care, protection, supervision, and guidance to
					 children in the home.
"Body fluids" means urine, feces, vomit, blood, saliva,
					 nasal discharge, and tissue discharge.
"Caregiver" means an individual who provides care,
					 protection, supervision, and guidance to children in the home and includes the
					 provider, substitute provider, and assistant.
"Child" means an individual under 18 years of age.
"Child day program" means a regularly operating service
					 arrangement for children where, during the absence of a parent or guardian, a
					 person or organization has agreed to assume responsibility for the supervision,
					 protection, and well-being of a child under the age of 13 for less than a
					 24-hour period.
"Child with special needs" means a child with developmental
					 disabilities, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, sensory or
					 motor impairment, or significant chronic illness who requires special health
					 surveillance or specialized programs, interventions, technologies, or
					 facilities.
"Cleaned" means treated in such a way as to remove dirt and
					 debris by scrubbing and washing with soap and water or detergent solution and
					 rinsing with water.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of
					 Education.
"Department's representative" means an employee or designee
					 of the Virginia Department of Education, acting as the authorized agent of the
					 superintendent.
"Evacuation" means movement of occupants out of the
					 building to a safe area near the building.
"Family day home" means a child day program offered in the
					 residence of the provider or the home of any of the children in care for one
					 through 12 children under the age of 13, exclusive of the provider's own
					 children and any children who reside in the home, when at least one child
					 receives care for compensation. A family day home serving five through 12
					 children, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside
					 in the home, shall be licensed. A family day home caring for more than four
					 children under the age of two years, including the provider's own children and
					 any children who reside in the home, shall be licensed or voluntarily
					 registered. A family day home where the children in care are all related to the
					 provider by blood or marriage shall not be required to be licensed.
"Good character and reputation" means knowledgeable and
					 objective people agree that the individual (i) maintains business,
					 professional, family, and community relationships that are characterized by
					 honesty, fairness, and truthfulness; and (ii) demonstrates a concern for the
					 well-being of others to the extent that the individual is considered suitable
					 to be entrusted with the care, guidance, and protection of children. Relatives
					 by blood or marriage, and people who are not knowledgeable of the individual,
					 such as recent acquaintances, shall not be considered objective
					 references.
"High school program completion or the equivalent" means an
					 individual has earned a high school diploma or General Education Development
					 (G.E.D.) certificate, or has completed a program of home instruction equivalent
					 to high school completion.
"Inaccessible" means not capable of being entered, reached,
					 or used.
"Infant" means a child from birth up to 16 months of
					 age.
"Nighttime care" means care provided between 7 p.m. and 6
					 a.m.
"Parent" means the biological, foster or adoptive parent,
					 legal guardian, or any individual with responsibility for or custody of a child
					 enrolled in or in the process of being enrolled in a family day home.
"Physician" means an individual licensed to practice
					 medicine in any of the 50 states or the District of Columbia.
"Preschool" means children from two years up to the age of
					 eligibility to attend public school, age five by September 30 of that same
					 year.
"Programmatic experience" means time spent working directly
					 with children in a group that is located away from the child's home. Work time
					 shall be computed on the basis of full-time work experience during the period
					 prescribed or equivalent work time over a longer period. Experience settings
					 may include, but not be limited to, a child day program, family day home, child
					 day center, boys and girls club, field placement, elementary school, or a
					 faith-based organization.
"Provider" means an individual who is issued the family day
					 home license by the Department of Education and who has primary responsibility
					 in providing care, protection, supervision, and guidance of children in the
					 family home.
"Relocation" means movement of occupants of the building to
					 a safe location away from the vicinity of the building.
"Residence" means principal legal dwelling or abode that is
					 occupied for living purposes by the provider and contains the facilities
					 necessary for sleeping, eating, cooking, and family living.
"Sanitized" means treated in such a way as to remove
					 bacteria and viruses from inanimate surfaces through first cleaning and
					 secondly using a solution of one tablespoon of bleach mixed with one gallon of
					 water and prepared fresh daily or using a sanitizing solution approved by the
					 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The surface of the item is sprayed or
					 dipped into the sanitizing solution and then allowed to air dry.
"School age" means eligible to attend public school, age
					 five or older by September 30 of that same year.
"Serious injury" means a wound or other specific damage to
					 the body such as, but not limited to, unconsciousness; broken bones;
					 dislocation; deep cut requiring stitches; poisoning; concussion; and a foreign
					 object lodged in eye, nose, ear, or other body orifice.
"Shelter-in-place" means movement of occupants of the
					 building to designated protected spaces within the building.
"Substitute provider" means an individual who meets the
					 qualifications of a provider; is designated by the provider; and who provides
					 care, protection, supervision, and guidance for children in the family day home
					 when the provider is absent from the home for more than two hours.
"Superintendent" means Superintendent of Public Instruction
					 or the superintendent's designee.
"Time out" means a discipline technique in which a child is
					 moved for a brief time away from the stimulation and reinforcement of ongoing
					 activities and other children in the group to allow the child who is losing
					 self-control to regain composure.
"Toddler" means a child from 16 months of age up to 24
					 months of age.
Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.