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5.1.3 FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME (FCCH) A family child care home (FCCH) is a provider that may provide care for up to six children at any given time. Registration or licensure is required if a person provides care to more than one unrelated family or child on a regular basis (more than two days a week and more than four hours a day).

5.1.4 FAMILY, FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR CARE (FFN) A family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) is a provider who is unregulated and is not required to meet licensing/regulatory requirements.

5.2 REQUIRED REGULATORY STATUS In order to enroll in the Child Care Scholarship Program, a provider must be appropriately regulated as required by SC Child Care Licensing Law as follows:

5.2.1 CHILD CARE CENTER (CCC) A CCC serving 13 or more children and operating for more than four hours per day is required to be licensed, whether the center is for-profit, non-profit or private. This requirement does not apply to the following: o Educational facility, whether private or public, which operates solely for educational purposes in grade one or above. o Five-year old kindergarten program. o Kindergarten or nursery school or other daytime program operating no more than four hours per day and receiving children younger than lawful school age. o Facility operating for more than four hours a day in connection with a shopping center or service or other similar facility where the same children are cared for less than four hours a day and not on a regular basis while a parent or custodian is occupied on the premises or is in the immediate vicinity. .

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5.1.3 FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME (FCCH) A family child care home (FCCH) is a provider that may provide care for up to six children at any given time. Registration or licensure is required if a person provides care to more than one unrelated family or child on a regular basis (more than two days a week and more than four hours a day).

5.1.4 FAMILY, FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR CARE (FFN) A family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) is a provider who is unregulated and is not required to meet licensing/regulatory requirements.

5.2 REQUIRED REGULATORY STATUS In order to enroll in the Child Care Scholarship Program, a provider must be appropriately regulated as required by SC Child Care Licensing Law as follows:

5.2.1 CHILD CARE CENTER (CCC) A CCC serving 13 or more children and operating for more than four hours per day is required to be licensed, whether the center is for-profit, non-profit or private. This requirement does not apply to the following: o Educational facility, whether private or public, which operates solely for educational purposes in grade one or above. o Five-year old kindergarten program. o Kindergarten or nursery school or other daytime program operating no more than four hours per day and receiving children younger than lawful school age. o Facility operating for more than four hours a day in connection with a shopping center or service or other similar facility where the same children are cared for less than four hours a day and not on a regular basis while a parent or custodian is occupied on the premises or is in the immediate vicinity. .