Sec. 264.751. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Designated caregiver" means an individual who has a longstanding and significant relationship with a child or the family of a child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator and who: (A) is appointed to provide substitute care for the child, but is not verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42 , Human Resources Code; or (B) is subsequently appointed permanent managing conservator of the child after providing the care described by Paragraph (A). (2) "Relative" means a person related to a child by consanguinity as determined under Section 573.022 , Government Code. (3) "Relative caregiver" means a relative who: (A) provides substitute care for a child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator, but who is not verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42 , Human Resources Code; or (B) is subsequently appointed permanent managing conservator of the child after providing the care described by Paragraph (A).
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