Facility person—A staff person, a substitute staff person, a volunteer, a food
service person, a janitorial person or another adult who serves in or is
employed by a facility.
Fire protection professional—An individual knowledgeable and competent
in fire inspections, fire detection, fire suppression systems and practices, fire
service training, emergency preparedness planning and emergency evacuation
whose competence is demonstrated by membership in a professional organiza-
tion which promotes firesafety education.
Group—Children assigned to the care of one or two staff persons. A group
occupies a space or a defined part of a space.
IEP—Individualized education program as defined in 22 Pa. Code §§ 14.101
and 14.131—14.133 (relating to definitions; and IEP).
IFSP—Individualized family service plan as defined in §§ 4226.5 and
4226.71—4226.77 (relating to definitions; and IFSPs).
Inspection summary—A document prepared by an agent of the Department
describing each regulatory noncompliance item confirmed as a result of a
facility inspection.
Legal entity—A person, society, corporation, governing authority or partner-
ship that is legally responsible for the administration of one facility or several
facilities, or one type of facility or several types of facilities.
Night care—Care for a child between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Operator—The legal entity or a person designated by the legal entity to
serve as the facility director.
Parent—The biological or adoptive mother or father, legal guardian or foster
mother or father of the child.
Potentially hazardous food—A food that consists in whole or in part of milk
or milk products, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish or other ingredients
capable of supporting rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic
microorganisms.
Public water system—A system for the provision to the public of water for
human consumption that has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves
an average of at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. The
term includes:
(i) Collection, treatment, storage and distribution facilities under the
control of the operator of the system and used in connection with the system.
(ii) Collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under control of the
operator which are used in connection with the system.
(iii) A system which provides water for bottling or bulk hauling for
human consumption.
Relative—A parent, child, stepparent, stepchild, grandparent, grandchild,
brother, sister, half brother, half sister, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew. As applied
to facilities subject to approval under Article IX of the act, the term also
includes a stepbrother, stepsister or first cousin.
Ch. 3270 CHILD CARE CENTERS
55 § 3270.4
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(403309) No. 556 Mar. 21