Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Division 25 - Office of Childhood
Chapter 600 - Child Care Comprehensive Background Screening
Section 5 CSR 25-600.010 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment expands the definition of child care provider to include registered child care providers, replaces the Department of Health and Senior Services with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and replaces the term "Director" with "Commissioner."
(1) Child care provider is a person licensed, regulated, or registered to provide child care within the state of Missouri, including the member(s), manager(s), shareholder(s), director(s), and officer(s) of any entity licensed, regulated, or registered to provide child care within the state of Missouri.
(2) Child care staff member is a child care provider; persons employed by the child care provider for compensation, including contract employees or self-employed individuals; individuals or volunteers whose activities involve the care or supervision of children for a child care provider or unsupervised access to children who are cared for or supervised by a child care provider; or individuals residing in a family child care home who are eighteen (18) years of age and older.
(3) Commissioner is the Commissioner of Education for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(4) Criminal background check includes the following:
(5) Department is the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(6) Qualifying result or qualifying criminal background check is a finding that a child care staff member or prospective child care staff member is eligible for employment or presence in a child care setting.