Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.06.02 - CHILD CARE AND FOSTER CARE LICENSING
Section 16.06.02.010 - DEFINITIONS A THROUGH M
Current through August 31, 2023
01. Attendance. Under Title 39, Chapter 11, Idaho Code, and Sections 300 through 399 of these rules, the number of children present at a daycare facility at any given time. (3-28-23)
02. Board. The Idaho State Board of Health and Welfare. (3-28-23)
03. Caregiver. A foster parent with whom a child in foster care has been placed or a designated official for a child care institution in which a child in foster care has been placed. (3-28-23)
04. Chief Administrator. The duly authorized representative or designee of an organization responsible for day-to-day operations, management, and compliance with these rules and Title 39, Chapter 12, Idaho Code. (3-28-23)
05. Child. (3-28-23)
06. Child Care. The care, control, supervision, or maintenance of children for twenty-four (24) hours a day which is provided as an alternative to parental care. (3-28-23)
07. Child-Staff Ratio. The maximum number of children allowed under the care and supervision of one (1) staff person. (3-28-23)
08. Children's Agency. The Department and a person who operates a business for the placement of children in foster homes, or for adoption in a permanent home and who does not provide child care as part of that business. A children's agency does not include a licensed attorney or physician assisting or providing natural and adoptive parents with legal services or medical services necessary to initiate and complete adoptive placements. (3-28-23)
09. Continued Care.
10. Daycare. The care and supervision provided for compensation during part of a twenty-four (24) hour day, for a child or children not related by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship to the person(s) providing the care, in a place other than the child's or children's own home. (3-28-23)
11. Daycare Center. A place or facility providing daycare for compensation for thirteen (13) or more children. (3-28-23)
12. Department. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and its authorized representatives. (3-28-23)
13. Direct Care Staff. An employee who has direct personal interaction with children in the provision of child care and is included as staff in meeting the child-staff ratio requirements. (3-28-23)
14. Family Daycare Home. A home, place, or facility providing daycare for six (6) or fewer children. (3-28-23)
15. Foster Care. The twenty-four (24) hour substitute parental care for children placed away from their parents or guardians by persons who may or may not be related to the child and for whom the state agency has placement and care responsibility. (3-28-23)
16. Foster Home. The private home of an individual or family licensed or approved as meeting the standards for foster care and providing twenty-four (24) hour substitute parental care to six (6) or fewer children. (3-28-23)
17. Foster Parent. A person(s) residing in a private home under their direct control to whom a foster care license has been issued. (3-28-23)
18. Group Daycare Facility. A home, place, or facility providing daycare for seven (7) to twelve (12) children. (3-28-23)
19. Medical Professionals. Persons who have received a degree in nursing or medicine and are licensed as a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, or medical doctor. (3-28-23)
20. Household Member. Any person, other than a foster child, who resides in, or on the property of, a foster home. (3-28-23)
