New Jersey Statutes 30:5B-6.10. Definitions relative to criminal history record background checks for child care center staff
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:5B-6.10
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
“Child care center” or “center” means any facility which is maintained for the care, development, or supervision of six or more children under 13 years of age who attend the facility for less than 24 hours a day, and which is subject to State licensure or life-safety approval pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C. 30:5B-1 et seq.).
“Department” means the Department of Children and Families.
“Division” means the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families.
“Staff member” means a person 18 years of age or older who owns, sponsors, or directs a child care center, or who is employed by or works in a child care center on a regularly scheduled basis during the center’s operating hours, including full-time, part-time, voluntary, contract, consulting, and substitute staff, whether compensated or not.
L.2000, c.77, s.1; amended 2006, c.47, s.164; 2012, c.16, s.118.