Section 9.5-301 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Child care provider" means the adult who has primary responsibility for the operation of a family child care home or a large family child care home.(c) "Direct Grant Fund" means the Family Child Care Provider Direct Grant Fund.(d) "Family child care" means the care given to a child under the age of 13 years or to any developmentally disabled person under the age of 21 years, in place of parental care for less than 24 hours a day, in a residence other than the child's residence, for which the child care provider is paid.(e) "Family child care home" means a residence in which family child care is provided for up to eight children.(f) "Family child care provider" means an individual who cares for children in a registered family child care home or a registered large family child care home.(g) "Large family child care home" means a residence in which family child care is provided for at least nine children, but not more than 12 children.(h) "Unregistered family child care home" means a residence in which family child care is provided and in which the child care provider: (1) Has not obtained a certificate of registration from the Department;(2) Is not related by blood or marriage to each child in the provider's care;(3) Is not a friend of each child's parents or legal guardian and is providing care on a regular basis; and(4) Has not received the care of the child from a child placement agency licensed by the Department of Human Services or by a local department of social services.Brought forward without change, 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 373,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2024.Amended without change by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 469, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 185, Sec. 4, eff. 6/1/2016.Renumbered by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 185, Sec. 2, eff. 6/1/2016.2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 184, Sec. 2, and 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 183, Sec. 2 purported to repeal and reenact, without amendments, former Md. Code, FL § 5-550, renumbered as this section, and amended, by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 185, but are not reflected in this section pending review by the Revisor of Statutes.