Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.2

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this rule, "child care home" means a residential structure in which at least six (6) children (not including the children for whom the provider is a parent, stepparent, guardian, custodian, or other relative) at any time receive child care from a provider:

1. (1) while unattended by a parent, legal guardian, or custodian;
2. (2) for regular compensation; and
3. (3) for more than four (4) hours but less than twenty-four (24) hours in each of ten (10) consecutive days per year, excluding intervening Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

The term does not include a child care center.

(b) The term includes the following:

1. (1) A Class I child care home.
2. (2) A Class II child care home.

(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-1.1-7; filed Nov 14, 1991, 1:00 p.m.: 15 IR 494; filed Jul 3, 1996, 5:00 p.m.: 19 IR 3058; errata filed Aug 7, 1996, 11:10 a.m.: 19 IR 3471; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA)