As used in the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act:

1. 1. "Child" or "minor" means any person who has not attained the age of eighteen (18);
2. 2. "Child care facility" means any public or private residential facility, child placing agency, foster family home, group home, day care center, part-day child care program, or family day care home, providing either full-time or part-time care for children away from their own homes, and which is owned or controlled by a political subdivision, a corporation, an unincorporated organization or association, or individual;
3. 3. "Child placing agency" means a child welfare agency licensed to place children in foster family homes, group homes or adoptive homes;
4. 4. "Full-time care" means continuous care given to a child beyond a minimum period of twenty-four (24) hours;
5. 5. "Foster family home" means a family home, other than the home of a parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, which provides full-time care for five or fewer children;
6. 6. "Foster parent eligibility assessment" includes a criminal background investigation, including, but not limited to, a national criminal history records search based upon the submission of fingerprints, home assessments, and any other assessment required by the Department of Human Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or any child-placing agency pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Foster Care and Out-of-Home Placement Act. A foster parent eligibility assessment shall be similar to the procedures used by the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety for determining suitability of an individual for employment as a highway patrol officer;
7. 7. "Group homes" means homes providing full-time care and community-based services for more than five children but less than thirteen;
8. 8. "Day care" means the provision of care and supervision of a child who resides in its own home or with relatives but is in the care of another person for part of the day who is conducting a family day care home or persons conducting a day care center;
9. 9. "Family day care home" means a licensed or approved family home which provides care and protection for seven or fewer children for part of the twenty-four-hour day. The term "day care home" shall not include informal arrangements which parents make independently with neighbors, friends, and others, or caretakers in the child's own home;
10. 10. "Day care center" means a licensed or approved facility which provides care and supervision for eight or more children and which operates for more than thirty (30) hours per week. The term "day care center" shall not include informal arrangements which parents make independently with neighbors, friends, and others, or caretakers in the child's own home;
11. 11. "Part-day child care program" means a licensed facility which provides care and supervision for eight or more children and which operates for more than fifteen (15) but less than thirty (30) hours per week;
12. 12. "Department" means the Department of Human Services;
13. 13. "Commission" means the Commission for Human Services, the policy-making and general supervisory body of the Department; and
14. 14. "Division" means the division of the Department of Human Services of the State of Oklahoma assigned responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act.

Laws 1953, SB 338, p. 18, § 2; Amended by Laws 1963, SB 168, c. 89, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 1963; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1291, c. 263, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 1992, c. 228, § 1, emerg. eff. May 19, 1992; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1491, c. 122, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 1993; Amended by Laws 1998, HB 2826, c. 414, § 15, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998 (superseded document available).