Definitions

As used in the Child Placement Agency Licensing Act: A. "child" means an individual under the age of eighteen years; B. "child placement agency" means any individual, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation undertaking to place a child in a home in this or any other state for the purpose of foster care or adoption of the child; C. "department" means the children, youth and families department; D. "division" means the protective services division of the department; E. "foster home" means a home maintained by an individual having the care and control, for periods exceeding twenty-four hours, of a child who is not placed for adoption; F. "person" means any individual, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation; and G. "secretary" means the secretary of children, youth and families. History: Laws 1981, ch. 171, § 3; 2011, ch. 130, § 2.