These words have the following meanings in this subchapter:

1. (1) Foster family home--A home that is the primary residence of the foster parent or parents and provides care to six or fewer children or young adults, under the regulation of a child-placing agency. Also referred to as "foster home."
2. (2) Foster parent--A person verified to provide child care services in the foster home.

3. (3) Kinship foster home--A foster family home with a foster parent or parents who:

   1. (A) Is related to a foster child by consanguinity or affinity; or
   2. (B) Has a longstanding and significant relationship with the foster child or the foster child's family.
4. (4) Variance--A decision by Child Care Regulation (CCR) that there is good and just cause for an operation to meet the purpose of a minimum standard in a different way.
5. (5) Waiver--A decision by CCR that waives an operation's compliance with a minimum standard if the economic impact of compliance with that standard is great enough to make compliance impractical.

Source Note:The provisions of this §745.8301 adopted to be effective October 16, 2023, 48 TexReg 5739; amended to be effective November 6, 2025, 50 TexReg 7107.