§ 63-13-610 Approval required for public centers and group homes
§ 63-13-620 Statement of approval requirements
§ 63-13-630 Approval renewal
§ 63-13-640 Deficiency correction notices
§ 63-13-650 Review meeting
§ 63-13-810 Registration required for family childcare homes
§ 63-13-820 Registration requirements
§ 63-13-825 Training for daycare operators and workers
§ 63-13-830 Statement of registration
§ 63-13-840 Inspections of family childcare homes
§ 63-13-850 Appeals
§ 63-13-860 Consultation

Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 63 > Chapter 13 > Article 5 - Public Childcare Centers and Group Childcare Homes

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Child: means a person under the age of eighteen. See South Carolina Code 63-1-40
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • family childcare home: means a facility within a residence occupied by the operator in which childcare regularly is provided for no more than six children, unattended by a parent or legal guardian, including those children living in the home and the children received for childcare who are related to the resident caregiver. See South Carolina Code 63-13-810
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Parent: means biological parent, adoptive parents, step-parent, or person with legal custody. See South Carolina Code 63-1-40
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.