GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 162

HOUSE BILL 175

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF CARETAKER IN THE JUVENILE CODE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-517(5) reads as rewritten:

"(5)      Caretaker.  Any person other than a parent who is in care of a juvenile, including any blood relative, stepparent, foster parent, or house parent, cottage parent or other person supervising a juvenile in a child care facility.  'Caretaker' also  means any adult person with the approval of the care provider in a day care plan or facility as defined in G.S. 110-86.  has the care of a juvenile.  Caretaker includes any blood relative, stepparent, foster parent, house parent, cottage parent, or other person supervising a juvenile in a child-care facility.  'Caretaker' also means any person who has the responsibility for the care of a juvenile in a day-care plan or facility as defined in G.S. 110-86 and includes any person who has the approval of the care provider to assume responsibility for the juveniles under the care of the care provider."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of May, 1987.