Terms Used In Ohio Code 5104.36

• Administrator: means the person responsible for the daily operation of a center, type A home, or approved child day camp. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• Approved child day camp: means a child day camp approved pursuant to section 5104. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• Border state child care provider: means a child care provider that is located in a state bordering Ohio and that is licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by that state to provide child care funded by the child care block grant act. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• Caretaker parent: means the father or mother of a child whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child, a person who has legal custody of a child and whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child, a guardian of a child whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child, and any other person who stands in loco parentis with respect to the child and whose presence in the home is needed as the caretaker of the child. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• Child: includes an infant, toddler, preschool-age child, or school-age child. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• Child care: means all of the following:

  (1) Administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children outside of school hours;

  (2) By persons other than their parents, guardians, or custodians;

  (3) For part of the twenty-four-hour day;

  (4) In a place other than a child's own home, except that an in-home aide provides child care in the child's own home;

  (5) By a provider required by this chapter to be licensed or approved by the department of job and family services, certified by a county department of job and family services, or under contract with the department to provide publicly funded child care as described in section 5104. See Ohio Code 5104.01

• In-home aide: means a person who does not reside with the child but provides care in the child's home and is certified by a county director of job and family services pursuant to section 5104. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• Licensee: means the owner of a child care center, type A family child care home, or type B family child care home that is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who is responsible for ensuring compliance with this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59