New Mexico Statutes Chapter 24. Health and Safety § 24-24-3. Definitions

A. “department” means the early childhood education and care department;

B. “facility” means a child care facility operated by a provider, including both family home-based and center-based programs, licensed by the department to provide care to infants, toddlers and children;

C. “fund” means the child care facility revolving loan fund;

D. “operating capital” means funds needed to meet short-term obligations, such as accounts payable, wages, debt servicing, lease and income tax payments; and

E. “provider” means a person licensed by the department to provide child care to infants, toddlers and children pursuant to Section 9-2A-8 NMSA 1978.