Indiana Administrative Code
Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES
Article 3 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 4.5 - Child Care Facilities; Registered Day Care Ministries
Section 4.5-1 - Definitions

Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.2

Sec. 1.

As used in 410 IAC 22-2[this rule]:

"Applicant" means that person who is the religious organization's local executive officer, such as the president of board of directors, board chairman, head of governing body, etc. Regardless of who is in charge of the daily program, the day care ministry shall be under the jurisdiction and management of the religious organization.

"Certificate of notice" means a document that is issued to the operator of a registered day care ministry found to be in compliance with 410 IAC 22-2[this rule].

"Registered day care ministry" means day care provided as an extension of a church or religious ministry that is a religious organization exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, unlicensed but registered with the state board of health and state fire marshal's office pursuant to IC 12-3-2-12.7(c) [IC 12-3 was repealed by P.L. 2-1992, SECTION 897, effective February 14, 1992.].

"Facility" means an unlicensed but registered day care ministry.

"Food" means any raw, cooked, or processed edible substance, ice, beverage, drink, or ingredients used or intended for use in whole or in part for human consumption.

"Food equipment" means stoves, ovens, ranges, hoods, slicers, mixers, meatblocks, tables, counters, refrigerators, sinks, dishwashing machines, steam tables, and similar items other than utensils, used in the operation of a kitchen.

"Potentially hazardous food" means any food that consists in whole or in part of milk or milk products, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, edible crustacea, or other ingredients, including synthetic ingredients, in a form capable of supporting growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms. The term does not include clean, whole, uncracked, odor-free shell eggs or foods which have a pH level of 4.6 or below or a water activity (Aw) value of 0.85 or less.

"Sanitization" means effective bactericidal treatment by a process that provides enough accumulative heat or concentration of chemicals for enough time to reduce the bacterial count, including pathogens, to a safe level on utensils and equipment.

"Single-service articles" means cups, containers, lids, closures, plates, knives, forks, spoons, stirrers, paddles, straws, napkins, wrapping materials, toothpicks, and similar articles intended for one-time, one-person use and then to be discarded.

"SBH" means the Indiana state board of health.

"Utensils" means any implement used in the storage, preparation, transportation, or service of food.

Transferred from the Indiana State Department of Health ( 410 IAC 22-2-1 ) to the Division of Family and Children ( 470 IAC 3-4.5-1 ) by P.L. 9-1991, SECTION 129, effective July 1, 1992.