42 U.S.C. § 5119c : US Code - Section 5119C: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5119c : US Code - Section 5119C: Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter -
(1) the term "authorized agency" means a division or office of
a State designated by a State to report, receive, or disseminate
information under this subchapter;
(2) the term "child" means a person who is a child for purposes
of the criminal child abuse law of a State;
(3) the term "child abuse crime" means a crime committed under
any law of a State that involves the physical or mental injury,
sexual abuse or exploitation, negligent treatment, or
maltreatment of a child by any person;
(4) the term "child abuse crime information" means the
following facts concerning a person who has been arrested for, or
has been convicted of, a child abuse crime: full name, race, sex,
date of birth, height, weight, fingerprints, a brief description
of the child abuse crime or offenses for which the person has
been arrested or has been convicted, the disposition of the
charge, and any other information that the Attorney General
determines may be useful in identifying persons arrested for, or
convicted of, a child abuse crime;
(5) the term "care" means the provision of care, treatment,
education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to
children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities;
(6) the term "identifiable child abuse crime case" means a case
that can be identified by the authorized criminal justice agency
of the State as involving a child abuse crime by reference to the
statutory citation or descriptive label of the crime as it
appears in the criminal history record;
(7) the term "individuals with disabilities" means persons with
a mental or physical impairment who require assistance to perform
one or more daily living tasks;
(8) the term "national criminal history background check
system" means the criminal history record system maintained by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint
identification or any other method of positive identification;
(9) the term "provider" means -
(A) a person who -
(i) is employed by or volunteers with a qualified entity
(including an individual who is employed by a school in any
capacity, including as a child care provider, a teacher, or
another member of school personnel);
(ii) who owns or operates a qualified entity; or
(iii) who has or may have unsupervised access to a child to
whom the qualified entity provides child care; and
(B) a person who -
(i) seeks to be employed by or volunteer with a qualified
entity (including an individual who seeks to be employed by a
school in any capacity, including as a child care provider, a
teacher, or another member of school personnel);
(ii) seeks to own or operate a qualified entity; or
(iii) seeks to have or may have unsupervised access to a
child to whom the qualified entity provides child care;
(10) the term "qualified entity" means a business or
organization, whether public, private, for-profit, not-for-
profit, or voluntary, that provides care or care placement
services, including a business or organization that licenses or
certifies others to provide care or care placement services; and
(11) the term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific.