Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
Division 30 - Division of Regulation and Licensure
Chapter 60 - License-Exempt Child Care Facilities
Section 19 CSR 30-60.010 - Definitions Relating to Child Care Facilities
Universal Citation: 19 MO Code of State Regs 30-60.010
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines the terms used throughout this chapter.
(1) The following definitions shall be used in interpreting the rules of this chapter:
(A) Adult is an individual eighteen (18)
years of age or older;
(B) Bureau
is the Bureau of Child Care Safety and Licensure of the Department of Health
responsible for enforcement of child care rules and laws;
(C) Caregiver is the facility director or
other child care staff whether they are paid or volunteering;
(D) Child care is care of a child away from
his/her own home for any part of the day or night;
(E) Department is the Missouri Department of
Health;
(F) Infant is a child less
than twelve (12) months of age;
(G)
Kindergarten is a children's educational program offered to prepare children
for the first grade;
(H)
License-exempt facility or facility is a nursery school not operated by a
religious organization or a child care operation run by a religious
organization;
(I) Local health
department is an entity that enforces local public health codes and ordinances
and provides other services related to public health;
(J) Nursery school is a program for preschool
children that is operated for no more than four (4) hours per child per
day;
(K) Premises is a house(s),
dwelling(s) or building(s) and the adjoining land of a license-exempt
facility;
(L) Preschool child is a
child between two and five (2-5) years of age not enrolled in
kindergarten;
(M) Registered
professional nurse or registered nurse is one licensed under the provisions of
sections 335.011-335.096, RSMo to engage in the practice of professional
nursing;
(N) Religious organization
academic preschool is a child care program provided exclusively for four (4)-
and five (5)-year-old children that is operated by a religious
organization;
(O) Sanitarian is a
person employed by a state or local health department that conducts sanitation
inspections for license-exempt child care facilities;
(P) School-age child is a child four (4)
years of age or older who is enrolled in kindergarten or elementary
school;
(Q) Staff/child ratio is
the number of care-givers required for the number of children in
care;
(R) Toddler is a child
between twelve (12) and twenty-four (24) months of age; and
(S) Variance is approval by the department
for a provider not to be required to meet a specific requirement of the rules
of this chapter.
*Original authority: 210.221, RSMo 1949, amended 1955, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1999; 210.252, RSMo 1993, amended 1999.
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