Code of Colorado Regulations
1400 - Department of Early Childhood
1402 - Division of Early Learning, Licensing, and Administration
8 CCR 1402-1 - CHILD CARE FACILITY LICENSING RULES AND REGULATIONS
BUILDING AND FACILITIES
Section 8 CCR 1402-1-2.804 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
A. "Arrange for placement" means to act as an intermediary by assisting a child care facility in the placement of a substitute child care provider.
B. "Background checks" means a set of required records that are obtained and analyzed to determine whether the history of a prospective substitute child care employee meets legal and safety criteria when considering the placement of the individual in a less than twenty-four (24) hour child care facility.
C. "Child care center" has the same meaning as set forth in section 26.5-5-303(3)
D. "Employee," for purposes of this section, means any individual who is employed by or contracted through the agency.
E. "Emergency child care center substitute" means a substitute who works in place of a regular staff member in a child care facility who is unable to work their normally scheduled work hours due to an unexpected event such as an absence of a staff member or personal emergency event. The purpose of the emergency substitute is to provide coverage for a staff member for no more than three (3) calendar days.
F. "Emergency family child care home substitute" means a substitute who works in place of a family child care home provider who is unable to work their normally scheduled work hours due to an unexpected event such as an illness or personal emergency event. The purpose of the emergency substitute is to provide coverage for a family child care home provider until parents are able to pick up the children in care.
G. "Equally qualified" means that the employee or substitute provider has the same required training and qualifications as the primary provider as specified in the rules regulating family child care homes; rules regulating child care centers or rules regulating school age child care.
H. "Family child care home" means a child care facility located within a residence of a primary provider.
I. "Licensing" means the process by which the Colorado Department of Early Childhood approves a facility or agency for the purpose of conducting business as a child care facility.
J. "Long term child care center substitute" means a substitute who works in place of a regular staff member who is unable to work their normally scheduled work hours due to a planned or unplanned event that requires the regular staff member be on leave for more than two (2) calendar weeks.
K. "Long term family child care home substitute" means a substitute who works in place of a regular family child care home provider who is unable to work their normally scheduled work hours due to a planned or unplanned event that requires the regular family child care home provider to be on leave for more than two (2) calendar weeks.
L. "Negative licensing action" has the same meaning as set forth in section 26.5-5-303(16)(a), C.R.S..
M. "Short term child care center substitute" means a substitute who works in place of a regular staff member who is unable to work their normally scheduled work hours due to a planned or unplanned event that requires the regular staff member be on leave for more than three (3) days and less than two (2) calendar weeks.
N. "Short term family child care home substitute" means a substitute who works in place of a regular family child care home who is unable to work their normally scheduled work hours due to a planned or unplanned event that requires the regular family child care home to be on leave for more than three (3) days and less than two (2) calendar weeks.
O. "Substitute child care provider," as defined in section 26.5-5-303(27), C.R.S., means a person who provides temporary care for a child or children in a licensed child care facility, including a child care center and a family child care home.
P. "Substitute placement agency," (Agency) has the same meaning as set forth in section 26.5-5-303(28), C.R.S.,.
Q. "Substitute placement," means to coordinate, arrange, and approve the process of an adult substitute child care provider entering an unrelated family child care home or child care facility to provide substitute child care services on an emergency, temporary/short term or long-term assignment. Substitutes may be employees or contract employees of the agency.
