Sec.17a-145-48. Definitions  


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  • As used in sections 17a-145-48 to 17a-145-99, except as otherwise provided therein:

    (a) "Child-care facility" means a congregate residential setting for the out-of-home placement of children or youth under eighteen years of age, licensed by the department of children and families.

    (b) "Group of persons, whether incorporated for the purpose or not" includes an agency, firm, association, or organization operating the child-care facility, whether for compensation or not.

    (c) "Department" means the department of children and families.

    (d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of children and families.

    (e) "Child" means any person under eighteen years of age not related to the owner of the child-care facility.

    (f) "Related" means kinship by blood, marriage or adoption, descended from a common ancestor not more than three generations removed from said child.

(Effective February 20, 1997)