Alabama Administrative Code
Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Chapter 660-5-39 - LICENSING: MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Section 660-5-39-.02 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1) ADULT. Any person 19 years of age or older.
(2) CAREGIVER. A person providing care and guidance of children in the home.
(3) CHARACTER AND SUITABILITY. The person maintains business/professional family and community relationships that are characterized by honesty, fairness, truthfulness, and concern for the well-being of others to the extent that the person is considered suitable to be entrusted with the care, guidance and protection of children.
(4) CHILD. Any person under 19 years of age.
(5) CHILD-CARE FACILITY or FACILITIES FOR CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more than 10 children are received and maintained for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both, but does not include:
(6) CHILD-PLACING AGENCY. A public or private child-care facility which receives any child or children for the purpose of placing or arranging for the placement of the child or children in foster family homes or other facilities for child care apart from the custody of the child's or children's parents. The term "child-placing agency" includes, but is not limited to, all agencies established and maintained by a municipality or other political subdivision of the State of Alabama to protect, guard, train or care for children outside their own homes, but does not include any circuit court or juvenile court or any duly appointed juvenile probation officer or youth counselor of the court who receives and places children under an order of the court.
(7) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources.
(8) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources of the State of Alabama.
(9) FOSTER FAMILY HOME. A child-care facility in a residence of a family where the family receives a child or children, unrelated to said family, for the purpose of providing family care and training on a full-time basis. The types of foster family homes are defined as follows:
(10) GROUP HOME. A child-care facility where at least seven but not more than 10 children are received and maintained for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both.
(11) LICENSEE. An person, group of persons, or corporation, to whom a licensee, approval or permit is issued.
(12) RELATED. Any of the following relationships by blood, marriage, or adoption: parent, grandparent, brother, sister, stepparent, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle or aunt, and their spouses.
Author: Jerome Webb
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 38-7-1 through -17, §§ 41-22-1 through -27.