§ 16.55.030. Definitions.

Except as otherwise provided in this title or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the definitions of the words and phrases found in 7 AAC 57.990, 7 AAC 57.940, AS 47.05.390, AS 47.32.900, 7 AAC 10.990 and 7 AAC 10.9990 shall be the definitions of those same words and phrases used in this title, except as follows:

Associate administrator means a child care associate designated by the administrator to be in charge of the facility in the absence of the administrator.

Business owner means the individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity which owns or controls a child care facility.

Caregiver aide means a staff member who is 16 or 17 years old whose duties in a center include care and supervision of children and who has been approved by the department as a caregiver aide.

Child care center means a child care facility authorized to care for nine or more children.

Child care facility:

1.

Means a place where child care is provided for children under 18 years of age for periods of time that are less than 24 hours in duration, unless nighttime care is authorized by the department;

2.

Includes a child care center and a child care home; and

3.

Includes the persons, administration, program, physical plant, other parts of the building housing the child care facility, and adjoining grounds over which the administrator or business owner of the child care facility has control.

Child care home means a child care facility authorized to care for no more than eight children;

College credits in management means college credits in supervising, directing, administering, personnel management, or business administration.

Community water supply has the same meaning as defined by Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation or the Municipality of Anchorage, whichever has jurisdiction.

Days means calendar days unless otherwise stated.

Department means the Anchorage Health Department, except where the context of the adopted state statute or regulation clearly requires it to mean the state Department of Health and Social Services, such as in reference to the central registry of entities and individual services providers provided pursuant to AS 47.05.330.

Director means the director of the Anchorage Department of Health and Human Services or that person's authorized representative.

Drop-in means a child who attends irregularly and requires child care services specifically to satisfy short-term needs, on an unscheduled basis.

Enrolled means a child's parent or guardian has an agreement with a facility for that child to attend the facility regardless of whether that child receives full-time or part-time care. For the purposes of inspections or investigations the child does not need to be present during the inspection or investigation to be considered enrolled in a facility.

Fall height means the vertical distance between the highest designated play surface on a piece of equipment and the protective surfacing beneath it.

Harmful treatment means an act or acts performed upon a child, or the omission of an act, that could or does cause or allow harm to a child. Harmful treatment is less serious than abuse or neglect, as defined and determined by state law, and may include serious types of inappropriate discipline.

Inappropriate discipline means any disciplinary action or inaction prohibited in AMC 16.55.200 and 7 AAC 57.535.

Job duties means the responsibilities or tasks required of a staff person in a specific facility position.

Junior helper means a staff member age 13 through 17 years who is not a caregiver aide, who serves as an extra hand. A junior helper cannot be counted in the child-to-caregiver ratio either as a child or as a caregiver, and may never be alone with children.

Licensing representative means an employee of the department whose role includes the enforcement of this chapter.

Operating hours or hours of operation means the hours for which a facility is licensed.

Staff or staff member means any person who is employed by or works in a facility, including volunteers and contractors, and who has contact with children or whose work product directly affects children, including but not limited to the cook.

( AO No. 2016-82 , § 1, 8-9-16; AO No. 2018-118 , § 2, 1-1-19)