§ 13-501. Child care establishment, definition.  


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  • (a)

    Except as hereinafter provided, a "child care establishment" is any place, home, or institution which receives more than eight (8) children under the age of sixteen (16) years, who are not of common parentage, for care apart from their parents, legal guardians or custodians, when such care is received for regular periods of time for compensation.

    (b)

    Places, homes, or institutions excepted from the above definition are:

    (1)

    Those public and private schools organized, operated or approved under the laws of Oklahoma and regulated by the State Department of Education;

    (2)

    Those where custody of the children has been fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction;

    (3)

    Those where children are related by blood or marriage within the third degree of the custodial person;

    (4)

    Those public or private institutions caring for children while the parents, legal guardians or custodians are attending services, meetings, classes, or otherwise engaging in that institution's activities, to the extent such care and custody does not exceed four (4) hours at any one (1) time.

(Ord. No. 0-7475-8)