Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 290 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 290-1 - ADMINISTRATION
Subject 290-1-10 - RULES FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THE CARE OF A CHILD
Rule 290-1-10-.03 - Definitions

(a) "Agent" means an individual delegated caregiving authority regarding a child by the child's parent. For the purpose of these rules, an agent shall be an individual who is a nonrelative of a child and approved by a child-placing agency, a nonprofit organization or faith-based organization to provide caregiving services to a child pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 19.

(b) "Child" means an unemancipated person who is under 18 years of age.

(c) "Child-Placing Agency" means an agency licensed as such pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 49. A child-placing agency includes any institution, society, agency, or facility, whether incorporated or not, that places children in foster homes for temporary care or in prospective adoptive homes for adoption. For purposes of this definition, agencies that engage in placement activities are required to be licensed as child-placing agencies. This term does not apply to a licensed professional providing only home study preparation services as an evaluator.

(d) "Department" means the Georgia Department of Human Services.

(e) "Foster care" means supervised care for a child in a home other than the child's own home on a 24-hour full-time basis for a temporary period of time.

(f) "Nonprofit entity or faith-based organization" means a business that provides child or family services and that is in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service, if applicable.

(g) "Parent' shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 19-3-37.

(h) The singular includes the plural, the plural the singular, and the masculine the feminine, when consistent with the intent of these Rules.