Section 20-800. Definitions

a.   "Child   care   provider"   means  any  individual,  association,
  corporation, partnership, institution, organization or agency  that  has
  obtained  a  license,  registration  certificate  or permit, pursuant to
  section 390 of the new york state social services law or articles 5  and
  47  of  title 24 of the rules of the city new york, to provide child day
  care services or to operate a facility where child day care is provided.
    b. "Child care inspection report" means  either  a  summary  day  care
  service inspection report or any report issued by a regulatory authority
  in the state of new york regarding a child care provider.
    c.  "License"  means a document issued by the new york state office of
  children and family  services  authorizing  a  child  care  provider  to
  operate  a  group  family day care home in accordance with state law and
  regulation.
    d.  "Parent"  means  custodial  parent(s),  legal  guardian(s),  other
  persons  having legal custody of a child or any other person with whom a
  child lives who has assumed responsibility for the day-to-day  care  and
  custody of the child.
    e. "Permit" means a document issued by the new york city department of
  health  and  mental  hygiene authorizing a day care services provider to
  operate a day care service in accordance with local law and regulation.
    f. "Registration" means a document issued by the new york state office
  of children and family services authorizing a  child  care  provider  to
  operate  family  day  care program or a school-age child care program in
  accordance with state law and regulation.
    g. "Summary day care service inspection report"  is  a  document  that
  includes, at a minimum, the following information:
    (1) the name of the day care service;
    (2) the name of the day care service permittee;
    (3) the day care service permit number and expiration date;
    (4) the address of the day care service;
    (5) the date of inspection;
    (6) the maximum number of children authorized to be present at any one
  time as specified in the day care service permit;
    (7) any violations identified by the department during the inspection;
    (8)  whether  a permit was ordered suspended or revoked in the past 24
  months; and
    (9) whether  a  day  care  service  was  ordered  closed  because  its
  continued  operation  represented  a  danger  to the health or safety of
  children; and the terms and conditions, if any,  under  which  such  day
  care service has been allowed to reopen and is authorized to operate.
    * NB  Validity  of  local  law  23  of  2005  currently  a  subject of
           disagreement between the mayor and the city council.