West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 78 - Human Services › Title 78 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BUREAU FOR SOCIAL SERVICES › Series 78-19 - Family Child Care Home Registration Requirements › Section 78-19-3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the following definitions, the definitions in
				  W. Va. Code §
									49-1-206 are applicable to this
				  rule.
3.1. Approved Training --
				Instruction or training approved by the secretary or provided by a trainer
				approved through or sponsored by the West Virginia State Training and Registry
				System (STARS).
3.2. Caregiver --
				The person primarily responsible for child care in the family child care
				home.
3.3. Child Abuse and Neglect
				-- Physical injury, mental or emotional injury, sexual abuse, sexual
				exploitation, the sale or attempted sale or negligent treatment or maltreatment
				of a child by a parent, guardian, or custodian who is responsible for the
				child's welfare.
3.4. Child Care --
				The services performed by a caregiver for a part of a day outside the child's
				home in relation to the child's physical, emotional, psychological, social, and
				personal needs. Responsibility for the care and protection of the child are
				delegated by the parent and assumed by the caregiver.
3.5. Child Care Setting -- Any regulated
				setting providing child care services to children, typically between six weeks
				through 12 years of age to include relative and informal child care homes,
				family child care homes, family child care facilities, child care centers, and
				Out-of-School Time programs.
3.6.
				Core Knowledge/Core Competencies of Early Childhood Educators -- Skills and
				knowledge that represent common standards of practice in the early childhood
				field in areas including health, safety, nutrition, child growth and
				development, positive interactions and relationships, curriculum, child
				observation and assessment, family and community, program management, and
				professionalism.
3.7. Corrective
				Action Plan -- A written agreement between the department and the family child
				care home when deficiencies are identified during an inspection or
				investigation of a complaint that includes the plan and time frame for
				correction.
3.8. Criminal History
				Background Check -- A review of information pursuant to the provisions of the
				West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act (WV
				CARES), W. Va. Code §
									16-49-1
et seq
.,
				69CSR10, and an examination of protective service records to determine
				eligibility for employment or participation under this rule.
3.9. Disinfect -- Eliminate most germs from a
				contact surface through the use of heat or chemical disinfectants, such as the
				bleach solutions described in Appendix 78-19-A of this rule.
3.10. Infant -- A child less than 12 months
				of age.
3.11. Parent -- A parent by
				blood, marriage, or adoption, or a legal guardian or other person standing in
				loco parentis.
3.12. Pre-service
				Training -- Training completed by all child care staff and applicable
				volunteers as required by the S1086 Child Care and Development Block Grant
				(CCDBG) Act of 2014, Section I. Health and Safety Requirements (Pre-Service
				training modules 1-10 Safe Spaces, Emergency Preparedness, Hazardous Materials,
				Shaken Baby, Safe Sleep/Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SUIDs),
				Infectious Diseases, Medication Administration, Food Allergies, Transportation,
				and Child Development must be completed to meet compliance).
3.13. Relative -- Grandparent, great
				grandparent, aunt, uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, or adult sibling.
3.14. Revocation -- The termination of a
				certificate of registration when a family child care home fails to maintain the
				minimum requirements established by the department under this rule.
3.15. Secretary -- The Secretary of the
				Department of Health and Human Resources or his or her designee.
3.16. School-Age Child -- A child aged five
				years to 13 years of age.
3.17.
				Serious Injury. -- An injury sustained while the child is in care that requires
				medical care beyond immediate first aid.
3.18. Substitute -- An individual who cares
				for children when the caregiver is absent and is responsible to the
				caregiver.
3.19. Toddler -- A child
				between the ages of 12 and 24 months.
3.20. Universal Precautions -- Procedures for
				infection control, as listed in Appendix 78-19-B of this rule, to use in all
				situations to prevent the transmission of blood borne germs that may be spread
				through blood and body fluids that might contain blood.
3.21. WV CARES Self-Disclosure Application
				and Consent Form - A signed declaration of criminal convictions, indictments,
				and court ordered supervision, and authorization to allow a criminal history
				background check.