As used in the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act:

1. 1. "Adult" means an individual eighteen (18) years of age or older;
2. 2. "Child" or "minor" means any person who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years;
3. 3. "Child care center" means a facility which provides care and supervision for children and which operates for more than thirty (30) hours per week;
4. 4. "Child care facility" means any public or private child care residential facility, child-placing agency, foster family home, child care center, part-day child care program, school-age program, summer day camp, 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;
5. 5. "Child-placing agency" means an agency that arranges for or places a child in a foster family home, adoptive home, or independent living program;
6. 6. "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;
7. 7. "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 Office of Juvenile Affairs, 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;
8. 8. "Commission" means the Commission for Human Services, the policymaking and general supervisory body of the Department;
9. 9. "Department" means the Department of Human Services;
10. 10. "Division" means the section within the Department that is assigned responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act;
11. 11. "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;
12. 12. "Full-time care" means continuous care given to a child beyond a minimum period of twenty-four (24) hours;
13. 13. "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;
14. 14. "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;
15. 15. "Rap back" means the capability of the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation to notify child care facilities of subsequent criminal activity of individuals whose criminal background checks have been completed pursuant to the requirements of the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; and
16. 16. "Residential child care facility" means a twenty-four-hour residential facility where children live together with or are supervised by adults who are not their parents or relatives.

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); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 39, c. 174, § 2, eff. November 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2009, HB 1742, c. 230, § 2, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2011, SB 674, c. 266, § 1, eff. November 1, 2011 (superseded document available).