(a) "Caretaker" means a person who performs one or more caretaking functions for a child. The term "caretaking functions" means activities that involve interaction with a child and the care of a child. Caretaking functions also include the supervision and direction of interaction and care provided by other persons. (b) Caretaking functions include the following: (1) Performing functions that meet the daily physical needs of the child. These functions include, but are not limited to, the following: u (A) Feeding; (B) Dressing; a (C) Bedtime and wake-up routines; (D) Caring for the child when sick or hurt; (E) Bathing and grooming; (F) Recreation and play; (G) Physical safety; and (H) Transportation. (2) Direction of the child's various developmental needs, including the acquisition of motor and languageV skills, toilet training, self-confidence and maturation; (3) Discipline, instruction in manners, assignment and supervision of chores and other tasks that attend to the child's needs for behavioral control and self-restraint; (4) Arrangements for the child's education, including remedial or special services appropriate to the child's needs and interests, communication with teachers and counselors and supervision of homework; (5) The development and maintenance of appropriate interpersonal relationships with peers, siblings and adults; (6) Arrangements for health care, which includes making medical appointments, communicating with health care providers and providing medical follow-up and home health care; (7) Moral guidance; and (8) Arrangement of alternative care by a family member, baby-sitter or other child care provider or facility, including investigation of alternatives, communication with providers and supervision.
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