Section 400.1901. Definitions.

Rule 1. (1) As used in these rules:

(a) "Act" means 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.

(b)     "Adult" means a person 18 years of age and older.

(c)      "Approved" means having been reviewed and accepted by a designated inspecting authority or an agency that has jurisdiction.

(d)    "Assistant caregiver" means a person or family member who is under the supervision of the caregiver and who provides direct care, supervision, and protection to children in care.

(e)    "Basement" means a story of a building or structure having ½ or more of its clear height below average grade for at least 50% of the perimeter.

(f)      "Caregiver" means the family child care home registrant or group child care home licensee who provides direct care,  supervision,  and protection of children in care.

(g)  "Caregiving staff" means the caregiver and any assistant caregiver.

(h)    "Child care home family" means all persons, including minors, living, on an ongoing or intermittent basis, in the family or group child care home.

(i)    "Child passenger restraint device" means a device that  is  used to restrain a child weighing 50 pounds or less that meets the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 213, child  seating  systems, 49 C.F.R. 571, which is hereby adopted by reference.

(j)    "Child-use space" means the rooms  and  floor  levels  of  the  home approved by the department for child care.

(k)   "Combustible" means materials that will ignite and burn when subjected to a fire or excessive heat.

(l)        "Department" means the department of human services that   is the organizational  unit  of  Michigan  government  responsible   for   the enforcement of these rules.

(m)   "Field trip" means children and caregiving staff leaving  the    child care family or group  home  premises  for  an excursion,  trip, or  program activity.

(n)   "Fire alarm" means a device that is used to alert all persons in the home of fire conditions. The device shall be heard in all parts of the   home that are used by children.

(o)    "Foster child" means a person who resides in  a  foster  home,  who was placed in the foster home by a placing agent, who is not  living   with  a parent or legal

guardian, who is less than 18 years of age or  becomes    18 years  of age while residing in the foster home and continues to reside in the foster home as a dependent adult, and who is not related to an adult member of the foster family by blood, adoption, or marriage.

(p)   "Heat detector" means a single or multiple station  alarm  responsive to heat.

(q)    "Household member" means any minor or adult that  lives  in  or stays overnight in the home on an ongoing and recurrent basis.

(r)    "Licensee" means an adult who lives in the licensed home  and  has been issued a license to operate a group child care home   for  up    to    12 unrelated children.

(s)     "Means of egress" means the exit route from any point in the home to the outside at ground level.

(t)  "Minor" means a person less than 18 years of age.

(u)    "Nonprescription medication" means any   over-the-counter   medication that may be orally ingested or applied to the skin, including, but not limited, to aspirin, acetaminophen, cold and flu medicines, mosquito repellants, antiseptics, ointments, powders, and diaper rash products.

(v)    "Parent" means a child's natural or adoptive  parent  who  is legally responsible for the child or means the child's legal guardian.

(w)    "Premises" means the  location  of  the  child  care  home  wherein the caregiver and family reside and includes the attached yard, garage, basement, and any other outbuildings.

(x)    "Registrant" means an adult who lives in the registered home and has been issued a certificate of registration to operate a family child care home for up to 6 unrelated children.

(y)       "Related"  means  a   parent,  grandparent,  brother,   sister, stepparent, stepsister,   stepbrother,  uncle,  aunt,  great  aunt,  great uncle,  or step-grandparent related to the caregiver by marriage, blood,  or adoption.

Cousins include those  related   to  the  caregiver  by  marriage,  blood,  or adoption within the second degree  of  consanguinity  (up  to and  including second cousins).

(z)        "Safety belt" means  an   automobile  lap  belt  or  lap-shoulder belt combination designed to restrain and protect a passenger or driver of a vehicle from injury.

(aa) "Smoke detector"  means  a  device  that  detects    visible   or invisible particles of combustion.

(ab) "Transportation" means the taking of children by means of a vehicle to or from a family or  group  child  care  home  and  to  and  from    all other activities planned by or through the family or group child care home.

(ac) "Vehicle" means an automobile,   truck,   or    van   that    transports persons upon a highway.

History: 2005 AACS; 2009 AACS.