Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 850 - VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION OF FAMILY DAY HOMES - REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS › Part I - Introduction › Section 8VAC20-850-10 - 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:
"Adult" means any individual 18 years of age or older.
"Age appropriate" means suitable to the chronological age
					 range and developmental characteristics of a specific group of children.
"Age groups" means the following: "Infant" means children
					 from birth to 16 months.
"Toddler" means children from 16 months to 31
					 months.
"Preschooler" means children from 31 months up to the age
					 of eligibility to be enrolled in kindergarten or an equivalent program.
"School age" means children who are eligible to be enrolled
					 in kindergarten or attend public school.
"Age of eligibility to attend public school" means five
					 years of age or older by September 30.
"Care, protection and guidance" means responsibility
					 assumed by a family day home provider for children receiving care in the home,
					 whether they are related or unrelated to the provider.
"Certificate of registration" means a document issued by
					 the Superintendent to a family day provider, acknowledging that the provider
					 has been certified by the contracting organization or the department and has
					 met the Requirements for Voluntary Registration of Family Day Homes -
					 Requirements for Providers. (8VAC20-850-10 ).
"Child" means any individual under 18 years of age.
"Contracting organization" means the agency which has
					 contracted with the Department of Education to administer the voluntary
					 registration program for family day homes.
"Denial of a certificate of registration" means a refusal
					 by the Superintendent to issue an initial certificate of registration.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Education.
"Department's representative" means an employee or designee
					 of the Virginia Department of Social Services Education acting as the
					 authorized agent of the superintendent.
"Evaluate" or "evaluation" means the review of a family day
					 provider by a contracting organization upon receipt of an application for a
					 certificate of registration to verify that the applicant meets the Requirements
					 for Providers.
"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, 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.
"Family day provider applicant" or "provider applicant"
					 means a person 18 years of age or older who has applied for a certificate of
					 registration.
"Monitor" or "monitoring visit" means to visit a
					 registered family day provider and to review the provider's compliance with the
					 applicable requirements described in the Requirements for Providers.
"Parent" means a biological, foster or adoptive parent,
					 legal guardian, or any person with responsibility for, or custody of, a child
					 enrolled or in the process of being enrolled in a family day home.
"Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine.
"Provider" or "registered family day provider" means a
					 person who has received an initial or renewed certificate of registration
					 issued by the superintendent. This provider has primary responsibility for
					 providing care, protection, supervision, and guidance to the children in the
					 registered home.
"Provider assistant" means a person 14 years of age or
					 older who has been designated by the family day provider and approved by the
					 contracting organization to assist the provider in the care, protection,
					 supervision, and guidance of children in the home.
"Refusal to renew a certificate of registration" means the
					 nonissuance of a certificate of registration by the superintendent after the
					 expiration of the existing certificate of registration.
"Registration fee" means the payment to a contracting
					 organization by a provider or applicant upon filing an application for a
					 certificate of registration.
"Registered family day home" means any family day home
					 which has met the standards for voluntary registration for such homes pursuant
					 to regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education and which has
					 obtained a certificate of registration from the superintendent.
"Renewal of a certificate of registration" means the
					 issuance of a certificate of registration by the superintendent after the
					 expiration of the existing certificate of registration.
"Requirements for Providers" means the procedures and
					 general information set forth for providers operating family day homes who
					 voluntarily register. This includes staffing requirements and a
					 self-administered health and safety checklist.
"Revocation of a certificate of registration" means the
					 removal of a provider's current certificate of registration by the
					 superintendent for failure to comply with the applicable Requirements for
					 Providers.
"Substitute provider" means a provider who meets the
					 Requirements for Providers and who is readily available to provide substitute
					 child care in a registered provider's home or in the substitute provider's
					 home.
"Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Public
					 Instruction.
"Superintendent's designee" means a designated individual
					 who or a division within the Department of Education that is designated to act
					 on the superintendent's behalf in one or more specific responsibilities.
"USDA" means U.S. Department of
					 Agriculture.
Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.