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) years;
2. 2. "Child care facility" means any public or private residential facility, child placing agency, foster family home, group home, child care center, part-day child care program, family child care home, or large family child care home providing either full-time or part-time care for children away from their own homes;
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 the private residence of a family which provides foster care services to a child, and includes a specialized foster home, a therapeutic foster family home, or a kinship care home;
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, a home assessment, 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 Department of Public Safety for determining suitability of an individual for employment as a highway patrol officer;
7. 7. "Group home" means a home providing full-time care and community-based services for more than five, but fewer than thirteen children;
8. 8. "Family child care home" means a family home which provides care and supervision for seven or fewer children for part of the twenty-four-hour day. The term "family child care home" shall not include informal arrangements which parents make independently with neighbors, friends, and others, or with caretakers in the child's own home;
9. 9. "Large family child care home" means a residential family home which provides care and supervision for eight to twelve children for part of the twenty-four-hour day;
10. 10. "Child care center" means a facility which provides care and supervision for children and which operates for more than thirty (30) hours per week. The term "child care center" shall not include informal arrangements which parents make independently with neighbors, friends, and others, or with caretakers in the child's own home;
11. 11. "Part-day child care program" means a facility that provides care and supervision for children and that operates for more than fifteen (15) and up to 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); Amended by Laws 1999, SB 492, c. 233, § 1, eff. November 1, 1999 (superseded document available).