Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-122 - Requirements and definitions for general regulations
(a) Requirements. The requirements of
K.A.R.
28-4-123 through
28-4-133 shall apply to the
following:
(1) Family child care home, day
care home, or group day care home as defined in
K.A.R.
28-4-113 ;
(2) preschool and child care center as
defined in
K.A.R.
28-4-420 ; and
(3) residential center and group boarding
home as defined in
K.A.R.
28-4-268.
(b) Definitions. For the purposes of
K.A.R.
28-4-123 through
K.A.R.
28-4-133, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) "Animal" means any living
creature, other than a human being, that has the ability to move voluntarily,
including any mammal, rodent, fish, reptile, spider, insect, and
bird.
(2) "Applicant" means a
person who has applied for a license but has not yet been granted a license to
operate a facility, residential center, or group boarding home.
(3) "Applicant with a temporary permit" means
a person who has applied for a license and who has been granted a temporary
permit to operate a facility, residential center, or group boarding
home.
(4) "Department" means Kansas
department of health and environment.
(5) "Disinfect" means full surface
application of a disinfectant solution of fragrance-free, environmental
protection agency (EPA)-registered chlorine bleach mixed according to the
directions on the label or an alternate fragrance-free, EPA-registered
disinfectant used according to the directions on the label to any inanimate
object.
(6) "Facility" means a
family child care home, day care home, group day care home, a preschool, or a
child care center, but shall not include a residential center or group boarding
home.
(7) "Licensee" means a person
who has been granted a license to operate a facility, residential center, or
group boarding home.
(8) "Pool"
means any fixture or structure designed or utilized to hold water for swimming,
wading, recreation, exercise, therapeutics, bathing, or any other purpose. The
definition of pool shall not include indoor bath tubs or fully enclosed
containers used to store water.
(9)
"Primary care provider" means an applicant with a temporary permit, a licensee,
or the designee of an applicant with a temporary permit or a licensee. Each
applicant with a temporary permit, each licensee, and each designee shall be at
least 18 years of age and shall meet the requirements for a primary care
provider specified in
K.A.R.
28-4-114a.
(10) "Program director" means an individual
in a child care center or preschool who meets the requirements specified in
K.A.R.
28-4-429(b) or (c) and who
is responsible for implementing and supervising the program.
(11) "Provider" means an individual who cares
for and supervises children in a family child care home and has responsibility
for the health, safety, and well-being of children, including the following:
(A) A primary care provider;
(B) an individual who is at least 16 years of
age and who is working in the family child care home; and
(C) a substitute.
(12) "Regularly volunteering" means working
in a facility without compensation on a recurring basis. This term shall not
apply to guest speakers or to individuals who make one or more presentations on
a specific subject.
(13) "Sanitize"
means full surface application of an EPA regulated food-safe sanitizing
solution or heat treatment of any inanimate object used for food preparation or
service.
(14) "Secretary" means
secretary of the Kansas department of health and environment or the secretary's
designee.
(15) "Shelter-in-place
area" means a designated location in the facility to which children and others
may relocate in an emergency.
(16)
"Staff member" means an employee, a substitute, or a volunteer in a facility, a
residential center, or a group boarding home.
(17) "Substitute" means an individual who
supervises children in the temporary or extended absence of an employee or
volunteer.
(18) "Tobacco product"
means any product that is made or derived from tobacco, or that contains
nicotine, that is intended for human absorption, inhalation, or ingestion,
including by consuming or using a cigarette, cigar, pipe, chewing tobacco,
snuff, snus, or vape device.
(19)
"Volunteer" means an individual 14 years of age or older who is working in the
facility without compensation.
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