Utah Admin. Code R430-8-2 - Definitions

(1) Terms used in this rule are defined in Rule R380-600. Additionally:
(2) "Background finding" means information in a background check that OBP uses to determine if a covered individual is or is not eligible to be involved with child care.
(3) "Calendar week" means from Sunday through Saturday.
(4) "Caregiver" means a covered individual who protects the health and safety of children. A covered individual is a caregiver when they:
(a) count in the caregiver-to-child ratio;
(b) meet the physical or emotional needs of the children, including diapering, toileting, feeding, or protecting them from harm; or
(c) supervise children.
(5) "CCL" means Child Care Licensing in the Office of Licensing, Division of Licensing and Background Checks under the department that is delegated with the responsibility to enforce the rules under Titles R381 and R430 and Rule R380-600.
(6) "Child care" means continuous care and supervision of at least one qualifying child that:
(a) is in place of care ordinarily provided by a parent in the parent's home;
(b) occurs for less than 24 hours a day; and
(c) is provided for direct or indirect compensation.
(7) "Child care program" means a person or business that offers child care.
(8) "Covered individual" means the same as defined in Rule R380-600.
(9) "Department" means the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.
(10) "Eligible" means the same as defined in Rule R380-600.
(11) "Facility" means a program or premises approved by OL to be used for child care.
(12) "Involved with child care" means to do any of the following at or for a child care program:
(a) care for or supervise children;
(b) count in the caregiver-to-child ratio;
(c) have unsupervised contact with a child in care;
(d) own, operate, direct;
(e) reside; or
(f) volunteer.
(13) "LIS supported finding" means a supported finding of child abuse or neglect in the Licensing Information System (LIS) database for child abuse and neglect, maintained by the department.
(14) "OBP" means the same as defined in Rule R380-600.
(15) "OL" means the same as defined in Rule R380-600.
(16) "Parochial education institution" means an institution that meets the following criteria:
(a) operates as a substitute for, and gives the equivalent of, instruction required in public schools for any grade from first through twelfth grade;
(b) has a governing board that actively supervises and directs the educational curriculum used by the institution and exercises oversight over the health and safety of the children in the program;
(c) is owned and operated by a religious institution that is registered with the federal government as an 501(c)(3) religious organization;
(d) is not directly funded at public expense;
(e) does not receive:
(i) child care grant or subsidy funds, directly or indirectly, from the Department of Workforce Services; or
(ii) child care food program funds, directly or indirectly, from the State Office of Education; and
(f) does not provide instruction in the home in lieu of instruction required in public schools for any grade from first through twelfth grade.
(17) "Private education institution" means an institution that meets the following criteria:
(a) operates as a substitute for, and gives the equivalent of, instruction required in public schools for any grade from first through twelfth grade;
(b) has a governing board that actively supervises and directs the educational curriculum used by the institution, and exercises oversight over the health and safety of the children in the program;
(c) is not directly funded at public expense;
(d) does not receive:
(i) child care grant or subsidy funds, directly or indirectly, from the Department of Workforce Services; or
(ii) child care food program funds, directly or indirectly, from the State Office of Education; and
(e) does not provide instruction in the home in lieu of instruction required in public schools for any grade from first through twelfth grade.
(18) "Public school" means a school, including a charter school, that is directly funded at public expense and is regulated by a board of education governed by Title 53A, Chapter 3, Local School Boards.
(19) "Qualifying child" means a child:
(a) child who is younger than 13 years old and is the child of an individual other than the child care provider or caregiver;
(b) child who is younger than four years old and is the child of the provider or a caregiver; or
(c) child with a disability who is younger than 18 years old and is the child of an individual other than the provider or caregiver.
(20) "Related child" means a child for whom a provider is the parent, stepparent, grandparent, step-grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, step-sibling, aunt, step-aunt, great-aunt, uncle, step-uncle, or great-uncle.
(21) "Relative care" means care provided to a qualifying child by or in the home of the parent, legal guardian, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, step-sibling, aunt, uncle, step-aunt, step-uncle, great-aunt, or great-uncle.

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Utah Admin. Code R430-8-2
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-16, effective 8/10/2018 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-05, effective 2/25/2020 Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-17, effective 9/1/2020 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-12, effective 6/1/2022 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-01, effective 12/12/2023 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2025-10, effective 5/8/2025

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