Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 896 - LICENSING OF BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE FACILITIES
Section 17-896-1 - Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter:
"Acting director" means a person who assumes the responsibilities of director of the child care facility in the absence of the director.
"After or before school care aide" means a person responsible for helping the leader carry out the direct care of the children, under the direction of the program leader or assistant program leader.
"After or before school care assistant program leader" means a person responsible for planning, carrying out, or both, direct care of the children under the direction of the program leader.
"After or before school care program leader" means a person responsible for planning, carrying out, or both, the direct care of the children in the program. For example, making contact with parents, keeping appropriate records, observing and evaluating the child's development, supervising staff and volunteers, and working cooperatively with the director and other staff toward achieving program goals and objectives.
"After school care" means child care provided after the close of the regular school day during the academic year and summer for children ages four years and eight months and older who are enrolled in public or private elementary schools.
"Before school care" means child care provided before the opening of the regular school day during the academic year for children four years and eight months and older who are enrolled in public or private elementary schools.
"Child" means any person who has not reached the age of eighteen.
"Child care" means those situations where a person or organization has agreed to assume and has been entrusted with the responsibility for the child's supervision, development, safety, and protection apart from the parent or guardian. Care shall be for a part of a twenty-four hour day.
"Child care center (CCC)" or "group child care center (GCCC)" means a place other than a private home, maintained by an individual, organization, or agency for the purpose of providing child care. The term child care center or group child care center shall include child nurseries, nursery school groups, preschool child play groups, parent cooperatives, drop-in child care centers, after or before school, holiday, and summer care for elementary school age children, or other similar units operating under any name.
"Child development associate (CDA)" means any person credentialed by the council for early childhood professional recognition (national association for the education of young children) to assume primary responsibility for a group of young children in a developmental early childhood program.
"Compliance" means conformity in fulfilling formal or official requirements of chapter 17-896.
"Council for early professional recognition (national association for the education of young children)" means the agency contracted by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services to grant the child development associate (CDA) credential.
"County building code" means the building code used by the applicable counties.
"Director," "principal," or "program coordinator," means the person at the facility, having responsibility for its administration and program.
"Emergency" means an unforeseen combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action.
"First aid kit" means materials and equipment in one location in a suitable container for meeting medical emergencies. A first aid kit shall be of the type approved by the american red cross, american medical society, or the state department of health.
"Form 14" means a printed form-made available by the state department of health or the state department of education to record a child's immunizations and health record.
"Group child care home (GCCH)" means a facility that may be an extended or modified family child care home which provides care to no more than twelve children during any part of a twenty-four hour day. Group child care homes are licensed under the rules for group child care centers.
"Guardian" means a person other than a child's parents who has legal authority over and responsibility for a child.
"Handicapped child" means a child who is medically determined blind, deaf, mentally retarded, or emotionally disturbed, or is orthopedically or otherwise chronically handicapped.
"Ill" or illness" is a subjective term which shall be defined by each provider with regard to admitting or not admitting sick children to child care.
"Lavatory" means a vessel or basin for washing, which is in conformity with plumbing codes in force in the State.
"License" means a certificate of approval issued by the state department of human services authorizing the operation of a child care facility.
"Local sanitary codes" means the specific rules set up by a county, the state department of health, or a comparable federal agency, which govern aspects of health and safety.
"Minor deficiencies" means deficiencies which do not involve risk to life, health, or safety of the children enrolled at the child care center.
"Policy" means a principal plan for the management of a child care facility.
"Potentially hazardous food" means any food that consists in whole or in part of milk or milk products, egg, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, edible Crustacea, or other ingredients in a form capable of supporting rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms.
"Provisional license" or "temporary permit" means a temporary license issued at the discretion of the department for a maximum period of six months to a child care facility which is unable to conform to all the rules at the time the license is issued.
"Qualified nutrition consultant" means a dietitian or nutritionist who meets the advanced educational requirements for membership in the American Dietetic Association and is eligible for registration; or one who has a master's degree in Public Health Nutrition or Nutritional Sciences.
"Regularly" means the typical or normal pattern of a child care facility, or a practice or schedule that is routine and uniform and is not subject to unexplained or irrational variations.
"Rules" means the rules developed by the department of human services to set minimum standards of care and safety for the protection of children in child care.
"Single service "utensils" means the-supplies or equipment used once to serve food (e.g. paper plates, cups, disposable forks).
"Staff member" means child care, office, maintenance, and other support personnel who are employed by the child care facility, including volunteers.
"State child care advisory committee" means a group of people appointed by the department of human services to advise the department on matters regarding child care, including child care rules.
"Substitute" means a person who serves as a replacement for not more than ten consecutive working days when another caregiver is absent on an emergency or unplanned basis.
"Supervision" means the act of being within sight or hearing distance of the children to insure the safety and protection of the children.
"Teacher," "teacher-director," "head teacher," "lead teacher," or "program leader" means a person responsible for planning and implementing all or part of the program activities, preparing program materials, and supervising and training other staff.
"Temporary hire" means a person who serves as a replacement when another caregiver is absent on a planned basis.
"Temporary permit" see provisional license.
"USDA child care food program" means the food standards established by the United States Department of Agriculture.
"Volunteers" means persons offering services to a child care facility without remuneration, except for reimbursable personal expenses allowed by the program.
