As used in sections 17a-145-48 to 17a-145-99, except as otherwise provided therein:
- (a) "Child-care facility" means a congregate residential setting for the out-of-home placement of children or youth under eighteen years of age, licensed by the department of children and families.
- (b) "Group of persons, whether incorporated for the purpose or not" includes an agency, firm, association, or organization operating the child-care facility, whether for compensation or not.
- (c) "Department" means the department of children and families.
- (d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of children and families.
- (e) "Child" means any person under eighteen years of age not related to the owner of the child-care facility.
- (f) "Related" means kinship by blood, marriage or adoption, descended from a common ancestor not more than three generations removed from said child.
(Effective February 20, 1997)