(a)  Every operator or employee of a child day care center, prior to releasing physical custody of any child to any person, shall first insure that the person to whom physical custody is released is a proper person for the child’s custody.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-28.15-21

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  A proper person for the child’s custody shall be a person whose name has been furnished and updated annually to the child day care center by a parent or legal guardian of the child, and whose identity can be verified by a proper identification card bearing his or her photograph.

History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 311, § 1.