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As used in this chapter:\n(1) 'Department' means the Department of Human Services.\n(2) 'Child' means an individual under 18 years of age.\n(3) 'Person' includes an individual, a public or private agency, an association, or a corporation.\n(4) 'Child care operator' means any individual, ultimately responsible for the overall operation of a child day care center.\n(5) 'Day care center' means a child day care facility which provides care for more than 12 children between 2 and 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day, whether known under some other descriptive name such as 'nursery', 'preschool', 'prekindergarten', 'after-school center', 'drop-in center', or 'child development center', and whether or not the facility is operated for profit.\n(6) 'Group day care home' means a child day care facility which provides care for 7 to 12 children under 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day, and whether or not the facility is operated for profit.\n(7) 'Family day care home' means a child day care facility which provides care for not less than 3 nor more than 6 children under 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day, and whether or not the facility is operated for profit.\n(8)

ild day care facility which provides care for not less than 3 nor more than 6 children under 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day, and whether or not the facility is operated for profit.\n(8) 'Children's camp' means a recreational, educational or cultural program operating on a daily, and/or overnight basis, and providing care for three or more unrelated children between the ages of 3 and 14 years, and whether or not the facility is operated for profit.