Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36. Public Health and Safety § 36-881. Definitions

1. “Child” means any person through the age of fourteen years.  Child also means a person who is under eighteen years of age if the child has a developmental disability as defined in § 36-551 or has at least one of the disabilities listed in § 15-761, paragraph 2 and requires special education as defined in § 15-761.

2. “Child care” means the care, supervision and guidance of a child or children, unaccompanied by a parent, guardian or custodian, on a regular basis, for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day, in a place other than the child's or the children's own home or homes.

3. “Child care facility” means any facility in which child care is regularly provided for compensation for five or more children not related to the proprietor.

4. “Controlling person” means a person who:

5. “Department” means the department of health services.

6. “Director” means the director of the department of health services.

7. “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, day nursery, nursery school, day camp, kindergarten, child care agency, school governing board, charter school or child care center that operates a child care facility.

8. “Substantial compliance” means that the nature or number of violations revealed by any type of inspection or investigation of an applicant for licensure or a licensed child care facility does not pose a direct risk to the life, health or safety of children.