West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 78 - Human Services › Title 78 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BUREAU FOR SOCIAL SERVICES › Series 78-18 - Family Child Care Facility Licensing Requirements › Section 78-18-3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. Approved
				Training -- Instruction or training approved by the Secretary or provided by a
				trainer approved or sponsored through the West Virginia State Training and
				Registry System (STARS).
3.2. Child
				Abuse and Neglect -- Personal 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 responsible for the child's
				welfare.
3.3. Child Care Setting --
				Any regulated setting providing child care services to children, typically
				between 6 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.
3.4. 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 child
				development; health, safety, and nutrition; positive interactions and
				relationships; curriculum; child observation and assessment; family and
				community; program management; and professionalism.
3.5. 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., and 60CSR10, and
				an examination of protective service records to determine eligibility for
				employment or participation under this rule.
3.6. Disinfect -- Eliminate most germs from a
				contact surface through the use of heat or chemical disinfectants, such as the
				bleach solution listed in Appendix 78-18-A of this rule.
3.7. Family Child Care Facility Operator -- A
				person designated as responsible for the ongoing daily operations of the family
				child care facility. This person may be the owner of the facility or an
				employee of the owner.
3.8. Field
				Trip. -- an excursion or outing to a destination that is a location other than
				the family child care facility or from the site where program activities
				regularly occur.
3.9. Infant -- A
				child less than 12 months of age.
3.10. Level I Water Activity. -- Any activity
				occurring in or near water 18 inches deep or less.
3.11. Level II Water Activity. -- Any
				activity occurring in or near water with a depth of more than 18
				inches.
3.12. Parent -- A parent by
				blood, marriage, or adoption, or a legal guardian or other person standing in
				loco parentis.
3.13. Plan of
				Correction -- A written agreement completed by the Department and the family
				day care facility operator and/or owner in response to deficiencies identified
				by the Department as the result of an inspection and/or the investigation of a
				complaint. The plan of correction shall describe the steps the operator shall
				take to correct the deficiencies. The Secretary shall review and accept the
				plan prior to its implementation.
3.14. 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).
3.15. Pre-Schooler -- A child between the
				ages of two and four years of age.
3.16. Revocation -- The termination of a
				licensure when a family child care facility fails to maintain the minimum
				requirements established by the Department under this rule.
3.17. School-Age Child -- A child aged five
				years to 13 years of age.
3.18.
				Self-disclosure Application and Consent Form -- A signed declaration of
				criminal convictions, indictments, and authorization to allow a criminal
				history background check.
3.19.
				Serious Communicable Diseases or Conditions -- Include, but are not limited to
				measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, strep or streptococcal infections,
				hepatitis, impetigo, infestations of lice or scabies, diarrhea and/or vomiting,
				pertussis, tuberculosis, conjunctivitis, and pneumonia.
3.20. Serious Injury. -- An injury sustained
				while in care to the extent that the child requires medical care beyond
				immediate first aid.
3.21.
				Significant Developmental Delay -- A delay of at least 25 percent in one or
				more areas of development, or a six-month delay in two or more areas as
				determined by an early intervention program, special education program, or
				other multi-disciplinary team.
3.22. Substitute -- An individual who cares
				for children when the caregiver is absent and is responsible to the facility
				owner.
3.23. Toddler -- A child
				between the ages of 12 and 24 months.
3.24. Universal Precautions -- Procedures for
				infection control, as listed in Appendix 78-18-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.