Section 12-7-2-28.6 - "Child care home"(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), "child care home", for purposes of IC 12-17.2, means a residential structure in which at least eight (8) children, or at least four (4) children under twelve (12) months of age, (not including the children for whom the provider is a parent, stepparent, guardian, custodian, or other relative) at any time receive child care from a provider: (1) while unattended by a parent, legal guardian, or custodian;(2) for regular compensation; and(3) for more than six (6) hours per day but less than twenty-four (24) hours per day for ten (10) consecutive days, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.(b) The term includes:(1) a class I child care home; and(2) a class II child care home.(c) A child who is:(1) a relative of a provider;(2) under the custody or guardianship of a provider; or(3) at least fourteen (14) years of age and does not require child care; is not a child described under subsection (a).
Amended by P.L. 134-2024,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2024.As added by P.L. 20-1992, SEC.9 and P.L. 81-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L. 1-1993, SEC.73; P.L. 136-1993, SEC.2; P.L. 124-2007, SEC.1.