Subd. 18. Supervision. For purposes of child care centers, “supervision” means when a program staff person is within sight and hearing of a child at all times so that the program staff can intervene to protect the health and safety of the child. When an infant is placed in a crib room to sleep, supervision occurs when a staff person is within sight or hearing of the infant. When supervision of a crib room is provided by sight or hearing, the center must have a plan to address the other supervision component. Subd. 19. Family day care and group family day care child age classifications. (a) For the purposes of family day care and group family day care licensing under this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (b) “Newborn” means a child between birth and six weeks old. (c) “Infant” means a child who is at least six weeks old but less than 12 months old. (d) “Toddler” means a child who is at least 12 months old but less than 24 months old, except that for purposes of specialized infant and toddler family and group family day care, “toddler” means a child who is at least 12 months old but less than 30 months old. (e) “Preschooler” means a child who is at least 24 months old up to school age. (f) “School age” means a child who is at least five years of age, but is younger than 11 years of age. Subd. 20. Weekly. “Weekly” means at least once every calendar week, for the purposes of chemical dependency treatment programs licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6505. Subd. 21. Monthly. “Monthly” means at least once every calendar month, for the purposes of chemical dependency treatment programs licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6505. Subd. 22. Quarterly. “Quarterly” means at least every 90 calendar days, for the purposes of chemical dependency treatment programs licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6505. 245A.023 [Repealed, 2007 c 112 s 59] 245A.03 WHO MUST BE LICENSED. Subdivision 1. License required . Unless licensed by the commissioner, an individual, corporation, partnership, voluntary association, other organization, or controlling individual must not: (1) operate a residential or a nonresidential program; (2) receive a child or adult for care, supervision, or placement in foster care or adoption; (3) help plan the placement of a child or adult in foster care or adoption or engage in placement activities as defined in section 259.21, subdivision 9, in this state, whether or not the adoption occurs in this state; or
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