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<section number="5-119" name="Definitions" law="code" slug="sec-5-119" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_5BULI_DIV3CHCAFA_S5-119DE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Approved means in satisfactory compliance with practice acceptable to the Health Officer, or other appropriate authority designated by law to give approval in the matter in question in accordance with the provisions of this Division or other applicable law or regulation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Child Care Facility means a facility which is an agency or institution offering or supplying group day care to seven (7) or more children who have not the same parentage, for a portion or all of a day and on a regular schedule more than once a week. This shall include, but not be limited to, the following: group day care centers, nursery schools, kindergartens, special schools for the care of the preschool age children and day care centers for mentally retarded persons; except that programs for children under six years of age which are part of a bona fide church operated day school ministry exempt under Education Article Section 2-206(e)(4) of the Annotated Code of Maryland or kindergartens approved by the State Department of Education shall be exempt from the requirements of this Division as to the application, issuance, maintenance, or revocation of a permit; however, programs for children under six years of age which are part of a bona fide church operated day school ministry or an approved kindergarten shall be subject to all other provisions of this Division and it shall be unlawful for any person responsible for the operation thereof to refuse or fail to comply after notice by the Health Officer and a reasonable time for compliance has expired. "Child Care Facility" does not include family day care homes, as defined in Title 5, Part V, Family Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, which are licensed by the Social Services Administration of the State Department of Human Resources.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Facility means Child Care Facility.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Health Officer means the Prince George's Health Officer or his duly authorized representative.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Person means individual, firm, partnership, company, corporation, trustee, association, institution, cooperative enterprise or any public or private entity.</text>
  </level>
</section>
