1. A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act shall not apply to:

   1. 1. Care provided in a child's own home or by relatives;
   2. 2. Informal arrangements which parents make with friends or neighbors for the occasional care of their children;
   3. 3. Programs in which school-aged children are participating in home-schooling;
   4. 4. Programs operated during typical school hours by a public school district;
   5. 5. Programs operated during typical school hours by a private school that offers elementary education in grades kindergarten through third grade;
   6. 6. Summer youth camps for children at least five (5) years of age that are accredited by a national standard-setting agency or church camp accreditation program;
   7. 7. Programs in which children attend on a drop-in basis and parents are on the premises and readily accessible;
   8. 8. A program of specialized activity or instruction for children that is not designed or intended for child care purposes including, but not limited to, scouts, 4-H clubs and summer resident youth camps, and single-activity programs such as academics, athletics, gymnastics, hobbies, art, music, dance and craft instruction;
   9. 9. Nursery schools, kindergartens or other facilities the purposes of which are primarily educational, recreational or medical, and that operate part-day child care programs which provide care and supervision for eight (8) or more children for fifteen (15) or fewer hours per week;
   10. 10. Facilities whose primary purpose is medical treatment;

   11. 11. Boarding schools that have education as their primary purpose and that are recognized as accredited by the State Board of Education. To be exempt, such programs shall:

       1. a. have classroom facilities that are not used for residential living,
       2. b. not have been granted nor have assumed legal custody of any child attending the facility, and

       3. c. adhere to standard educational holiday and seasonal recess periods to permit students reasonable opportunities to return to their primary places of residence with parents or legal guardians.

          For purposes of this act, the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics shall be considered a boarding school and as such shall be exempt from licensure;

   12. 12. Day treatment programs and maternity homes operated by a licensed hospital; or
   13. 13. Juvenile facilities certified by the Office of Juvenile Affairs or certified by any other state agency authorized by law to license such facilities.
2. B. The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act shall be equally incumbent upon all private and public child care facilities.

Laws 1953, SB 338, p. 18, § 3; Amended by Laws 1963, SB 168, c. 89, § 3, emerg. eff. May 23, 1963; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1491, c. 122, § 3, emerg. eff. April 29, 1993; Amended by Laws 1998, HB 2474, c. 386, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, SB 493, c. 233, § 2, eff. November 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2000, SB 2006, c. 385, § 6, eff. November 1, 2000 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 39, c. 174, § 3, eff. November 1, 2001 (superseded document available).