Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0010 - What definitions under this chapter apply to licensed child care providers?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"American Indian child"
means any unmarried
				  person under the age of eighteen who is:
(1) A
				  member or eligible for membership in a federally recognized Indian tribe, or
				  who is Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska native and a member of an Alaskan native
				  regional corporation or Alaska native village;
(2) Determined or eligible to be found Indian
				  by the Secretary of the Interior, including through issuance of a certificate
				  of degree of Indian blood, or by the Indian health service;
(3) Considered to be Indian by a federally
				  recognized or nonfederally recognized Indian tribe; or
(4) A member or entitled to be a member of a
				  Canadian tribe or band, Metis community, or nonstatus Indian community from
				  Canada.
"Child-accessible"
means areas where children
					 regularly have access such as: Entrances and exits to and from the center,
					 classrooms or child care areas, playground area including equipment and
					 fencing, parking areas, walkways, decks, platforms, stairs and any items
					 available for children to use in these areas.
"Anti-bias"
is an approach that works against
				  biases and recognizes when others are treated unfairly or oppressively based on
				  race, color, national origin, marital status, gender, sexual orientation,
				  class, religion, creed, disability, or age.
"CACFP"
means child and adult care food program
				  established by congress and funded by the United States Department of
				  Agriculture (USDA).
"Capacity"
means the maximum number of children
				  that a licensee is authorized to have on the premises of the child care at any
				  one time.
"Center"
means the same as
"child care
				  center."
"Certification"
means department approval of a
				  person, home, or facility that does not legally need to be licensed, but wants
				  evidence that they meet the minimum licensing requirements (also see
"Tribal certification"
).
"Child abuse or neglect"
means the physical
				  abuse, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, abandonment or negligent treatment or
				  maltreatment of a child by any person indicating the child's health, welfare,
				  and safety is harmed.
"Child care center"
means the same as a
"child day care center"
or a facility providing regularly
				  scheduled care for a group of children one month of age through twelve years of
				  age for periods less than twenty-four hours.
"Clean"
means to remove dirt and debris from a
				  surface by scrubbing and washing with a detergent solution and rinsing with
				  water. This process must be accomplished before sanitizing a surface.
"Commercial kitchen equipment"
means equipment
				  designed for business purposes such as restaurants.
"Contagious disease"
means as provided in WAC
				  246-110-010.
"Cultural relevancy"
creates an environment that
				  reflects home cultures, communities and lives of children enrolled in the
				  program.
"Department," "we," "us,"
or
"our"
refers to and means the state department of early learning (DEL) and its
				  predecessor agency the department of social and health services (DSHS).
"Developmentally appropriate practice":
(1) Means that the provider should interact
				  with each child in a way that recognizes and respects the child's chronological
				  and developmental age;
(2) Is based
				  on knowledge about how children grow and learn; and
(3) Reflects the developmental level of the
				  individual child, and interactions and activities must be planned with the
				  needs of the individual child in mind.