Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 201-252 - Early Care and Education › Chapter DCF 251 - Group Child Care Centers And Child Care Programs Established Or Contracted For By School Boards › Section DCF 251.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1g) " Abusive head trauma" means a serious
				type of head injury, including shaken baby syndrome, that is caused by shaking,
				throwing, hitting, slamming, or jerking.
(1r) "Administrator" means the person
				responsible to the licensee for management of the group child care
				center.
(2) "Assistant child care
				teacher" means a child care worker who works under the supervision of a child
				care teacher and who meets the qualifications under s. DCF 251.05 (3)
				(g).
(2m) " Background check
				request form" means a form prescribed by the department on which a person
				completes required information for the child care background check under s.
				48.686, Stats., and ch. DCF 13.
Note:
Form DCF-F-5296,
Background Check
				  Request
, is available on the department's website,
https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/cclicensing/ccformspubs
.
(3) "Care" means providing for the
				safety and the developmental needs of a child in a group child care
				center.
(4) "Center director" means
				the person who is responsible to the licensee for the supervision of the
				center's program for children and for the supervision of the center's staff and
				who meets the qualifications under s. DCF 251.05 (3) (e).
(4g) "Center-provided transportation" means
				transportation provided in a vehicle owned, leased or contracted for by the
				center or in volunteer or staff-owned vehicles regardless of whether the driver
				is reimbursed for the use of the vehicle.
(4m) "Center-provided vehicle" means a
				vehicle owned or leased by the center or a vehicle owned by the licensee or an
				employee that is used to transport children, but does not include a vehicle
				owned and driven by a parent or volunteer.
(4r) " Child care background check" means the
				requirements in s. 48.686, Stats., and ch. DCF
				13.
(5) "Child care teacher" means
				a child care worker who plans, implements, and supervises the daily activities
				for a designated group of children and who meets the qualifications under s.
				DCF 251.05 (3) (f).
(6) "Child care
				worker" means in a group child care center, a child care teacher or assistant
				child care teacher, or in a school-age program, a school-age program leader or
				school-age group leader.
(8)
				"Complaint" means an allegation that a provision of this chapter or of ch. 48,
				Stats., has been violated.
(8g)
				"Credit" means recognition for completing a course from an institution of
				higher education.
(8r) "Crib" means
				a bed for an infant or young child that is enclosed on 4 sides including play
				pens and portable cribs.
(9)
				"Department" means the Wisconsin department of children and families.
(10) "Division" means the department's
				division of early care and education.
(10g) "Early childhood education" means the
				teaching of children who are 8 years of age or less.
(10m) "Emergency" means unforeseen
				circumstances that require immediate attention.
(10s) "EPSDT provider" means a provider of
				health assessment and evaluation services that is eligible to be certified
				under s. DHS 105.37 (1) (a).
(11)
				"Field trip" means any experience a child has away from the premises of the
				center, while under the care of center staff, whether a child walks or is
				transported.
(11g) "Fit and
				qualified" means displaying the capacity to successfully nurture and care for
				children and may include consideration of any of the following:
(a) Abuse of alcohol or drugs.
(b) A history of a civil or criminal
				conviction or administrative rule violation that is substantially related to
				the care of children, as determined under s. DCF 13.05.
(c) Exercise of unsound judgment.
(d) A history of civil or criminal offenses
				or any other action that demonstrate an inability to manage financial resources
				or the activities of a center.