Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-5-39-.02
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 660-5-39-.02 - Definitions(1)ADULT. Any person 19 years of age or older.(2)CAREGIVER. A person providing care and guidance of children in the home.(3)CHARACTER AND SUITABILITY. The person maintains business/professional family and community relationships that are characterized by honesty, fairness, truthfulness, and concern for the well-being of others to the extent that the person is considered suitable to be entrusted with the care, guidance and protection of children.(4)CHILD. Any person under 19 years of age.(5)CHILD-CARE FACILITY or FACILITIES FOR CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more than 10 children are received and maintained for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both, but does not include: (a) Any facility for child care which is under the ownership or control, or both, of the state of Alabama, or which is operated or certified or licensed by another agency or department of the state of Alabama;(b) Any juvenile detention home established and operated by the state of Alabama;(c) Any bona fide boarding school in which children are primarily taught branches of education corresponding to those taught in public schools, grades 1 through 12, or taught in public elementary schools, high school or both elementary and high schools.(6)CHILD-PLACING AGENCY. A public or private child-care facility which receives any child or children for the purpose of placing or arranging for the placement of the child or children in foster family homes or other facilities for child care apart from the custody of the child's or children's parents. The term "child-placing agency" includes, but is not limited to, all agencies established and maintained by a municipality or other political subdivision of the State of Alabama to protect, guard, train or care for children outside their own homes, but does not include any circuit court or juvenile court or any duly appointed juvenile probation officer or youth counselor of the court who receives and places children under an order of the court.(7)COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources.(8)DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources of the State of Alabama.(9)FOSTER FAMILY HOME. A child-care facility in a residence of a family where the family receives a child or children, unrelated to said family, for the purpose of providing family care and training on a full-time basis. The types of foster family homes are defined as follows:(a)BOARDING HOME. A foster family home wherein the foster family receives a child or children and receives payment for their care; provided, however, that the number of children so received shall not exceed six, unless said children are of common parentage.(b)FREE HOME. A foster home which does not receive payment for the care of a child or children and which may or may not receive the child or children for the purpose of adoption.(10)GROUP HOME. A child-care facility where at least seven but not more than 10 children are received and maintained for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both.(11)LICENSEE. An person, group of persons, or corporation, to whom a licensee, approval or permit is issued.(12)RELATED. Any of the following relationships by blood, marriage, or adoption: parent, grandparent, brother, sister, stepparent, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle or aunt, and their spouses. Author: Jerome Webb
Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-5-39-.02
Effective October 16, 1989. Repealed and New Rule: Filed October 7, 2002; effective November 11, 2002.Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 38-7-1 through -17, §§ 41-22-1 through -27.