LD 1887
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(2) Any location or locations operated as a single
child care program or by a person or persons when there
are more than 12 children being cared for.

 
B. "Child care facility" means a child care center, small
child care facility or nursery school. "Child care
facility" does not include a facility operated by a home day
family child care provider, a summer camp established solely
for recreational and educational purposes or, programs
offering instruction to children for the purpose of teaching
a skill such as karate, dance or basketball, a formal public
or private school in the nature of a kindergarten or
elementary or secondary school approved by the Commissioner
of Education in accordance with Title 20-A or a private
school recognized by the Department of Education as a
provider of equivalent instruction for the purpose of
compulsory school attendance. Any program for children
under 5 years of age that is located in a private school,
other than programs that contract with one or more Child
Development Services System sites, is required to be
licensed as a child care facility.

 
C. "Home day Family child care provider" means a person who
provides day care in that person's home on a regular basis,
for consideration, for 3 to 12 children under 13 years of
age who are not the children of the provider or who are not
residing in the provider's home. If a provider is caring
for children living in that provider's home and is caring
for no more than 2 other children, the provider is not
required to be certified as a family child care provider.

 
D. "Nursery school" means a house or other place in which a
person or combination of persons maintains or otherwise
carries out for consideration during the day a regular
program that provides care for 3 or more children 33 months
of age or older and under 8 years of age, provided that:

 
(1) No session conducted for the children is longer
than 3 1/2 hours in length;

 
(2) No more than 2 sessions are conducted per day;

 
(3) Each child in attendance at the nursery school
attends only one session per day; and

 
(4) No hot meal is served to the children.

 
"Nursery school" does not include any facility operated as a
child care center or small child care facility licensed under
subsection 2, a summer camp established solely for


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