- (a) "Caretaker" means a person who performs one or more caretaking functions for a child. The term "caretaking functions" means activities that involve interaction with a child and the care of a child. Caretaking functions also include the supervision and direction of interaction and care provided by other persons.
(b) Caretaking functions include the following:
(1) Performing functions that meet the daily physical needs of the child. These functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- (A) Feeding;
- (B) Dressing;
- (C) Bedtime and wake-up routines;
- (D) Caring for the child when sick or hurt;
- (E) Bathing and grooming;
- (F) Recreation and play;
- (G) Physical safety; and
- (H) Transportation.
- (2) Direction of the child's various developmental needs, including the acquisition of motor and language skills, toilet training, self-confidence and maturation;
- (3) Discipline, instruction in manners, assignment and supervision of chores and other tasks that attend to the child's needs for behavioral control and self-restraint;
- (4) Arrangements for the child's education, including remedial or special services appropriate to the child's needs and interests, communication with teachers and counselors and supervision of homework;
- (5) The development and maintenance of appropriate interpersonal relationships with peers, siblings and adults;
- (6) Arrangements for health care, which includes making medical appointments, communicating with health care providers and providing medical follow-up and home health care;
- (7) Moral guidance; and
- (8) Arrangement of alternative care by a family member, baby-sitter or other child care provider or facility, including investigation of alternatives, communication with providers and supervision.