Child Care Facility Rules and Regulations Vocabulary

Includes all owners, operators, employees, and volunteers working in a child care facility

• Child care personnel

• Department

• Director

• Owner

______________ means the Department of Children and Families

• Florida Department of Health

• State Fire Marshal

• Classroom/Designated Space

• Department

Directly supervised volunteers who participate in the federal program pursuant to 45 Code of Federal Regulations part 2552; they work with one or more children with special or exceptional needs in child care programs.

• Director

• Foster Grandparents

• Child Care Personnel

• Owner

The process of destroying or reducing organisms to a safe level 

• Director

• Owner

• Sanitize

• Communicable Disease

On-site administrator or individual who has the primary responsibility for the day-to-day operation, supervision, and administration of a child care facility. 

• Director

• Owner

• Child Care Personnel

• Department

A __________is an individual who provides enrichment activities, such as gymnastics or music instruction, to specific children during a specific time, but is not part of the regular child care program.

• child enrichment service provider

• child care personel

• Owner

• Director

A space or room in which care is provided or classes are held, and where learning can take place uninterrupted by outside distractions.

• Child Care Personnel

• Zoning and Building Codes

• Classroom/Designated Space

• Stable Walls/Barriers

The person who is licensed to operate the child care facility.

• Department

• Child Care Personnel

• Owner

• Director

actively watching and directing children’s activities within the same space, and responding to the needs of each child in care 

• Director

• Direct Supervision

• Department

• Child Care Personnel

a child care arrangement where families occasionally leave their child for no more than four hours but remain on premises.

• Before-School and After-School Site

• Drop in Child Care

• Weekend Child Care

• Child Care Facility