Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 414 - DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING AND CARE › Division 180 - REGULATED SUBSIDY CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Section 414-180-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to Oregon Administrative Rules
				414-180-0015  through 414-180-0100.
(1)
			 "Caregiver" means any person, including the provider, who cares for the
			 children in Regulated Subsidy child care and works directly with the children,
			 providing care, supervision and guidance.
(2) "Child Care" means the care, supervision
			 and guidance on a regular basis of a child, unaccompanied by a parent, legal
			 guardian or custodian, during a part of the 24 hours of the day, with or
			 without compensation.
(3) "Child
			 Care Child" means a child under 13 years of age, or a child under 18 years of
			 age with special needs. Children who turn age 13 or age 18 with special needs
			 remain an eligible child care child based on age through their current
			 certification period. The provider has supervisory responsibility for the child
			 in the temporary absence of the parent.
(4) "Child Care Facility" means the location
			 where child care is being conducted. This can be either a private residence or
			 commercially zoned building.
(5)
			 "Child with Special Needs" means a child under 18 years of age who requires a
			 level of care over and above the norm for their age due to a physical,
			 developmental, behavioral, mental or medical disability.
(6) "Communicable Disease" means an illness
			 caused by an infectious agent or its toxins.
(7) "Disinfecting" means using a process for
			 destroying or irreversibly inactivating harmful organisms, including bacteria,
			 viruses, germs and fungi.
(8)
			 "Family" means a group of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption,
			 or individuals whose functional relationships are similar to those found in
			 such associations.
(9) "Infant"
			 means a child from birth up to 12 months of age.
(10) "CCLD" means the Child Care Licensing
			 Division, Department of Early Learning and Care.
(11) "Outbreak of Communicable Disease" means
			 two cases from separate households associated with a suspected common
			 source.
(12) "Premises" means the
			 structure where child care is conducted that is identified on the application
			 or listed with the Department, including indoors and outdoors and space not
			 directly used for child care.
(13)
			 "Preschool-Age Child" means a child who is 36 months of age up to eligible to
			 attend kindergarten in a public school.
(14) "Provider" means the person or facility
			 who is responsible for the children in care; is the children's primary
			 caregiver; and who is listed with the Department as the provider.
(15) "Regulated Subsidy Child Care" means
			 care that is provided to children whose families access federal child care
			 subsidy funds through the state.
(16) "Restrictable Disease" means an illness
			 or infection that would prohibit the child from attending child care.
(17) "Sanitizing" means using a treatment
			 that provides enough heat or concentration of chemicals for enough time to
			 reduce the bacterial count, including disease producing organisms, to a safe
			 level on utensils, equipment and toys.
(18) "Serious Injury or Incident" means any
			 of the following:
(a) Injury requiring
			 surgery;
(b) Injury requiring
			 admission to a hospital;
(c) Injury
			 requiring emergency medical attention;
(d) Choking and unexpected breathing
			 problems;
(e)
			 Unconsciousness;
(f)
			 Concussion;
(g)
			 Poisoning;
(h) Medication
			 overdose;
(i) Broken
			 bone;
(j) Severe head or neck
			 injury;
(k) Chemical contact in
			 eyes, mouth, skin, inhalation or ingestion;
(l) All burns;
(m) Allergic reaction requiring
			 administration of Epi-Pen;
(n)
			 Severe bleeding or stitches;
(o)
			 Shock or confused state;
(p)
			 Near-drowning.