Md. Code Ann., Educ. § 9.5-301 – Definitions

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Child care provider” means the adult who has primary responsibility for the operation of a family child care home or a large family child care home.
(c) “Direct Grant Fund” means the Family Child Care Provider Direct Grant Fund.
(d) “Family child care” means the care given to a child under the age of 13 years or to any developmentally disabled person under the age of 21 years, in place of parental care for less than 24 hours a day, in a residence other than the child's residence, for which the child care provider is paid.
(e) “Family child care home” means a residence in which family child care is provided for up to eight children.
(f) “Family child care provider” means an individual who cares for children in a registered family child care home or a registered large family child care home.
(g) “Large family child care home” means a residence in which family child care is provided for at least nine children, but not more than 12 children.
(h) “Unregistered family child care home” means a residence in which family child care is provided and in which the child care provider:
1. (1) Has not obtained a certificate of registration from the Department;
2. (2) Is not related by blood or marriage to each child in the provider's care;
3. (3) Is not a friend of each child's parents or legal guardian and is providing care on a regular basis; and
4. (4) Has not received the care of the child from a child placement agency licensed by the Department of Human Services or by a local department of social services.

Added by Acts 2005, c. 585, § 5, eff. July 1, 2005. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 496, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2011, c. 564, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Acts 2016, c. 183, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 184, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016. Transferred to Education § 9.5-301 by Acts 2016, c. 185, § 2, eff. June 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 185, § 4, eff. June 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6; Acts 2022, c. 469, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2024, c. 373, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024; Acts 2025, c. 375, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.